Slip Slidin Away

slip slidin’ away : paul simon . album - greatest hits , etc . - single went to #5 in 1977 . Chorus : Em G Em slip slidin’ away . . slip slidin’ away . G D you know the nearer your destination , C D G the more you’re slip slidin’ away . #1 . Em G i know a man . . he came from my home town . Em D he wore his passion for his woman like A C thorny crown . G Em he said , dol . . . ores , i live in fear . G D C my love for you’s so overpowering , i’m afraid D G that i will disappear . Chorus : Em G Em slip slidin’ away . . slip slidin’ away . G D you know the nearer your destination , C D G the more you’re slip slidin’ away . #2 . Em G i know a woman . . became a wife . Em D C these are the very words she uses to describe her life . G Em she said , a good day . . ain’t got no rain . G D she said , a bad day’s when i lie in bed C D G and think of things that might have been . Chorus : Em G Em slip slidin’ away . . slip slidin’ away . G D you know the nearer your destination , C D G the more you’re slip slidin’ away . #3 . Em D G i know a fath . . er , who had a son . C D he longed to tell him all the reasons for the C things he’d done . G Em he came a long way just to explain . G D he kissed his boy as he lay sleeping , C D G F C G then he turned around and headed home again . Chorus : Em G Em slip slidin’ away . . slip slidin’ away . G D you know the nearer your destination , C D G the more you’re slip slidin’ away . #4 . Em G god only knows . . god makes his plan . Em D C the information’s unavailable to the mortal man . G Em we’re working our jobs . . collect our pay , G D believe we’re gliding down the highway , C D G when in fact we’re slip slidin’ away . Chorus : Em G Em slip slidin’ away . . slip slidin’ away . G D you know the nearer your destination , C D G the more you’re slip slidin’ away . Chorus : Em G Em slip slidin’ away . . slip slidin’ away . G D you know the nearer your destination , C D G the more you’re slip slidin’ away . a seventies smash from kraziekhat .