Artist: | Paul Simon (English) |
User: | Bernard Lobow |
Duration: | 130 seconds |
Delay: | 12 seconds |
Chord names: | Not defined |
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Comment: | - |
C Am
Slip sliding away, Slip sliding away
Am C G F G C
You know the nearer your destination the more your slip sliding away
Am C
I know a man, he came from my hometown
F Fm
He wore his passion for his woman like a thorny crown
C Am
He said Delores 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
Am C G F G C
You know the nearer your destination the more your slip sliding away
Am C
I know a woman (who) became a wife
F Fm
These are the very words she used to describe her life
C Am
She said a good day ain't got no rain
C G F G C
She said a bad day is when I lie in bed and think of things that might have been
Am C
And I know a father who had a son
F Fm
He longed to tell him all the reasons for the things he'd done
C Am
He came a long way just to explain
C G F G C
He kissed his boy as he lay sleeping, then he turned around and he headed back home again
C Am
Slip sliding away, Slip sliding away
Am C G F G C
You know the nearer your destination the more your slip sliding away
Am C
God only knows, God makes his plan
F Fm
The information's unavailable to the mortal man
C Am
We're workin' our jobs, collect our pay
C G F G C
Believe we're gliding down the highway, when in fact we're slip sliding away
C Am
Slip sliding away, Slip sliding away
Am C G F G C
You know the nearer your destination the more your slip sliding away