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.
