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Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1052992,"song":"Slip Slidin Away","artist":"Paul Simon","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11232989-slip-slidin-away-chords-by-paul-simon/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1052992?type=chord","rating":4.69754,"votes":1595,"content":"Slip Sliding Away chords\r\n\r\n\r\nCapo I *\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  2x\r\n\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSlip sliding away, slip sliding away[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou know the nearer your destination, the more you're slip sliding away[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI know a man, he came from my hometown[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nHe wore his passion for his woman like a thorny crown[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe said Dolores, I live in fear[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy love for you's so overpowering, I'm afraid that I will disappear[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSlip sliding away, slip sliding away[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou know the nearer your destination, the more you're slip sliding away[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]             [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I know a woman,   became a wife[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nThese are the very words she uses to describe her life[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nShe said a good day ain't got no rain[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe said a bad day is when I lie in bed[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd think of things that might have been[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSlip sliding away, slip sliding away[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nYou know the nearer your destination, the more you're slip sliding away[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]             [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I know a father who had a son[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nHe longed to tell him all the reasons for the things he’d done[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe came a long way just to explain[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe kissed his boy as he lay sleeping[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThen he turned around and headed home again[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe's slip sliding, slip sliding away[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou know the nearer your destination, the more you're slip sliding away[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]             [ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd God only knows, God makes his plan[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nThe information's unavailable to the mortal man[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWe're workin our jobs, collect our pay[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBelieve we're gliding down the highway, when in fact we're slip sliding away[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSlip sliding away, slip sliding away[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou know the nearer your destination, the more you're slip sliding away [/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSlip sliding away, slip sliding away[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou know the nearer your destination, the more you're slip sliding away[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]                                          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHmm  mmm    a  lo a lo a lo a lo a lo a lo a lo a lo a lo    ... x 5[/tab]\r\n\r\nCapo III\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  = [ch]F[/ch]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] = [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  = [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  = [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n[ch]C7[/ch] = [ch]Bb7[/ch]\r\n[ch]F[/ch]  = [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nCapo IV\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  = [ch]E[/ch]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] = [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  = [ch]B[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  = [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]C7[/ch] = [ch]A7[/ch]\r\n[ch]F[/ch]  = [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOpen (These chords are not in the original key)\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  = [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] = [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  = [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  = [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]C7[/ch] = [ch]G7[/ch]\r\n[ch]F[/ch]  = [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  = [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] = [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  = [ch]E[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  = [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]C7[/ch] = [ch]D7[/ch]\r\n[ch]F[/ch]  = [ch]G[/ch]\r","plain_text":"Slip Sliding Away chords\n\n\nCapo I *\n\nG  Em  2x\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\n\n\n\nCapo III\nG  = F\nEm = Dm\nD  = C\nC  = Bb\nC7 = Bb7\nF  = Eb\nCapo IV\nG  = E\nEm = C#m\nD  = B\nC  = A\nC7 = A7\nF  = D\nOpen (These chords are not in the original key)\nG  = D\nEm = Bm\nD  = A\nC  = G\nC7 = G7\nF  = C\nG  = A\nEm = F#m\nD  = E\nC  = D\nC7 = D7\nF  = 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