Slip Slidin' Away

Slip slidin' (Ab)away.

Slip slidin' (Eb)(Fm)away.

You know the (Ab)nearer your (Eb)destination,

the more you're slip slidin' (Ab)away.

I know a man;

an;

he came from my home town.

He wore his (Db)passion for his (Eb)woman like a (Db)thorny crown.

He said, (Ab)"Delores, I (Eb)live in (Fm)fear.

(Fm7)My love for (Ab)you's so (Eb)overpow'ring I'm afraid that round and will (Ab)disappear.

Slip slidin' away.

Slip slidin' (Eb)(Fm)away.

(Fm7)You know the (Ab)nearer your (Eb)destination,

the more you're slip slidin' (Ab)away.

And I know a wom an;

became a wife.

home town.

These are the (Db)very words she (Eb)uses to (Db)describe her life.

She said, "A (Ab)good day ain't (Eb)got no (Fm)rain."

(Fm7)She said, "A (Ab)bad day's when I (Eb)lie in bed and think of round and that might have (Ab)been."

Slip slidin' away.

Slip slidin' (Eb)(Fm)away.

(Fm7)You know the (Ab)nearer your (Eb)destination,

the more you're slip slidin' (Ab)away.

And I know a womway.

(Ab)And I know a father who had a son.

He (Ab7)longed to (Ab)way.

(Ab)God only (Fm)knows.

God makes His (Ab)plan.

The (Db)information's (Eb)unavailable to the (Db)mortal man.

We're workin' (Ab)our jobs;

(Eb)collect our (Fm)pay;

(Fm7)believe we're (Ab)glidin' down the (Eb)highway,

when in (Bbm)fact, we're slip (Eb)slidin' (Ab)away.

Slip slidin' away.

Slip slidin' (Fm)away.

(Fm7)You know the (Ab)nearer your (Eb)destination,

the (Db)more you're slip slidin' (Ab)away.

Slip slidin' away.

Slip slidin' (Eb)(Fm)away.