Chords for Paul Simon - Slip Sliding Away - Live 2007

[G] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
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Slip sliding away, _ [C] _ [G] _ slip [F#] [E] sliding away
_ _ _ [Em]
The [G] nearer your [D] destination, [C] the more [D] you're slip [G] sliding away _ _ _ _
[F#] I [E] know a [Em] man, _ _ _ _ [G] he came from my hometown _ _ _ _
Wore [C] his passion [D] for his woman like a [C] thorny crown
_ _ _ _ [Am] He [G] said Dolores, _ _ I [F#] [E] live in fear
_ My _ _ [G] love for [D] you's so [C] overpowering I'm afraid that [D] I will [G] disappear _
[C] [G] Slip _ _ _ sliding [C]
[G] away, _ _ slip [F#m] [E] sliding away
[Em] _ _ _ [D] You [G] know the nearer your [D] destination, [C] the more [D] you're slip sliding [G] away
[C] _ [G] _ _ And [F#] I [Em] know a woman, _ _ _ _ _ [G] became a wife
_ _ [G] _ _ [Am] These [G] are [C] the very words [D] she uses to [C] describe her life _ _ _
_ [D] She said [G] a good [G] day, [C] _ [G] _
[F#m] well it [F] ain't got [Em] no rain
_ [E] She _ [F#] said [G] a bad day is [D] when I lie in [C] bed and I think [D] of things that might [G] have [C] been
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_ _ [D] [G] Slip sliding away, _ [C] _ [G] _
sliding [F#m] _ [E] _ away _ _
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_ [D] _ _ [C] _ [G] And [F] _ _
[C] I [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] [C] know a [A] father who [G] had a son
_ [C] Longed to tell him [A] all the reasons for [C] the things he'd done
_ _ _ [Am] He came [G] a long way [C] [G] just _ [F#] to [E] explain _
_ _ _ _ [F#] Kissed his [G] boy as [D] he lay sleeping [C] and then he turned [D] around and he headed [G] home again
[C]
[G] He _ slipped sliding out, [C] _ [G] _
_ _ [C] _ [G] [F#m] sliding [Em] away _
_ _ _ _ [G] And the nearer your [D] destination, [C] the [D] more you're slip sliding [C] [G] away _
[F] _ _ [C] God [G] _ [C] _ [G] _ _
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ [C] _ [G] _ [C] _
[G] _ _ _ [F] [E] only knows, _ _ _ _ [A] God makes his [G] plan _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ [G] The information's unavailable [C] to the mortal man
_ _ [Dm] We're [G] working our jobs, _ _ [C] _ [G] collecting [E] our pay
_ _ _ [Em] _ Believe [G] we're gliding down [D] the highway, [C] in [D] fact we're slip sliding [G] away
[C] _ [G] Slip _ _ sliding [C] _ [G] away, _ _ [F#] sliding [Em] _
away
_ _ _ _ [G] The nearer your [D] destination, the [C] more, the more you're [D] slip [G] sliding away
[G] _ _ _ Slip sliding _ _ away
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Oh
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