Slip Slidin\' Away

G Em 2x 
 
G                                Em 
Slip sliding away, slip sliding away 
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You know the nearer your destination, the more you slip sliding away 
 
                   Em                       G 
Whoah and I know a man, he came from my hometown 
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He wore his passion for his woman like a thorny crown 
          G                Em 
He said Dolores, I live in fear 
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My love for you so overpowering, I'm afraid that I will disappear 
 
              G                  Em 
Slip sliding away, slip sliding away 
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You know the nearer your destination, the more you slip sliding away 
 
          Em                   G 
I know a woman, (who) became a wife 
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These are the very words she uses to describe her life 
           G                     Em 
She said a good day ain't got no rain 
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She said a bad day is when I lie in the bed 
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And I think of things that might have been 
 
              G                  Em 
Slip sliding away, slip sliding away 
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You know the nearer your destination, the more you slip sliding away 
 
             Em               G 
And I know a father who had a son 
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He longed to tell him all the reasons for the things he’d done 
          G                  Em 
He came a long way just to explain 
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He kissed his boy as he lay sleeping 
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Then he turned around and he headed home again 
 
              G                  Em 
Slip sliding away, slip sliding away 
             G                D           C             D        G   (F C G) 
You know the nearer your destination, the more you slip sliding away 
 
               Em                   G 
Whoah God only knows, God makes his plan 
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The information s unavailable to the mortal man 
                G                 Em 
Were workin our jobs, collect our pay 
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Believe were gliding down the highway, when in fact were slip sliding away 
 
              G                  Em 
Slip sliding away, slip sliding away 
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You know the nearer your destination, the more you slip sliding away 2x