Slip sliding away

Slip sliding away


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C Am
Slip sliding away, slip sliding away
C G F G C
You know the nearer your destination, the more you slip sliding away

Am C
Whoah and I know a man, he came from my hometown
Am G F
He wore his passion for his woman like a thorny crown
C Am
He said Dolores, I live in fear
C G F G C
My love for you's so overpowering, I'm afraid that I will disappear

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Am C
I know a woman, (who) became a wife
Am G F
These are the very words she uses 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 the bed and I think of things that might have been

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Am F C Am G F
And I know a fa - ther who had a son, 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 home again

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Am C
Whoah God only knows, God makes his plan
Am G F
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

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