Slip Sliding Away
Paul Simon

INTRO (2x):
C  Am

             C                  Am
Slip sliding away, slip sliding away
             C                  G         F                G       C
You know the nearer your destination, the more you're slip sliding away

         C                        Am                                             
I know a man, he came from my hometown
            F               G            F        F7
He wore his passion for his woman like a thorny crown
        C                  Am
He said Dolores, I live in fear
            C             G             F           G           C
My love for you is so overpowering, I'm afraid that I will disappear

             C                  Am
Slip sliding away, slip sliding away
             C                  G         F                G       C
You know the nearer your destination, the more you're slip sliding away

         C                     Am
I know a woman, (who) became a wife
              F              G          F         F7
These are the very words she uses to describe her life
           C                     Am
She said a good day ain't got no rain
           C                 G
She said a bad day is when I lie in the bed
      F        G                      C
And I think of things that might have been

             C                  Am
Slip sliding away, slip sliding away
             C                  G         F                G       C
You know the nearer your destination, the more you're slip sliding away

             C                Am
And I know a father who had a son
             F                G               F           F7
He longed to tell him all the reasons for the things hed done
          C                   Am
He came a long way just to explain
              C             G
He kissed his boy as he lay sleeping
        F                    G            C
Then he turned around and he headed home again

             C                  Am
Slip sliding away, slip sliding away
             C                  G         F                G       C
You know the nearer your destination, the more you're slip sliding away

         C                    Am
God only knows, God makes his plan
    F              G                  F      F7
The information is unavailable to the mortal man
                  C                 Am
Were working our jobs, collect our pay
             C                G                F                G       C
Believe were gliding down the highway, when in fact, we're slip sliding away

             C                  Am
Slip sliding away, slip sliding away
             C                  G         F                G       C
You know the nearer your destination, the more you're slip sliding away