Slip Slidin' Away
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Lyrics
Slip (D)slidin' a (G)way.
(D)Slip slidin' (Em)away.
You know the (D)nearer your destination,
the more you're slip slidin' (C)(G)away.
I know a man, an;
he came from my home town.
He wore his (D)passion for his woman like a (C)thorny crown.
(C9)He said, (G)"Delores, I (D)live in (Em)fear.
(Em7)My love for (D)you's so overpow'ring I'm afraid that I and head will (G)disappear."
Slip slidin' (D)away.
Slip slidin' (Em)away.
You know the (D)nearer your destination,
the more you're slip slidin' (C)away.
(G)I know a wom an;
became a wife.
home town.
These are the (D)very words she uses to (C)describe her life.
(C9)She said, "A (G)good day ain't (D)got no (Em)rain."
(Em7)She said, "A (D)bad day's when I lie in bed and think of things and head that might have (G)been."
Slip slidin' (D)away.
Slip slidin' (Em)away.
You know the (D)nearer your destination,
the more you're slip slidin' (C)away.
(G)I know a (Gsus)womway.
(G)And I know (D)a father who had a (G)son.
He longed to (Gsus)way.
(G)God only (Em)knows.
God makes His (G)plan.
The (D)information's unavailable to the (C)mortal man.
(C9)We're workin' our (G)jobs;
(D)collect our (Em)pay;
(Em7)believe we're (D)glidin' down the highway,
when in fact, we're slip slidin' (C)(G)away.
Slip slidin' (C)(D)away.
Slip slidin' (Em)away.
You know the (D)nearer your destination,
the more you're slip slidin' a (C)way.
(G)Slip slidin' (C)(D)away.
Slip slidin' (Em)away.
You know the (D)nearer your destination,
Song info
Slip Slidin' Away by Paul Simon is a level 4 of 5 piano arrangement in the key of G at 112 BPM. Practice takes the song one line at a time and waits for you, with the letter inside every note. When the lines feel easy, play the full song.
- Level
- 4 of 5
- Key
- G
- Tempo
- 112 BPM
- Artist
- Paul Simon
- Genre
- Folk