[Em] Slipx slidin' a[G]way..slipx slidin' a[Em]way.x
You know the [G] nearerx your destin[D]ation,x
the [C] morex you're slip [D] slidin'x a[G]way.x
#1.
I know a [Em] man..hex came from [G] myx home town.
He wore his [Em] passionx for his [D] womanx like a
[C]thornyx crown.
He said, Dol...[G]ores,x I live in [Em] fear.x
My love for [G] you'sx so over[D]powering,x I'm a[C]fraidx
that I [D] willx dis[G]appear.x
[CHORUS]
[Em]Slipx slidin' a[G]way..slipx slidin' a[Em]way.x
You know the [G] nearerx your destin[D]ation,x
the [C] morex you're slip [D] slidin'x a[G]way.x
#2.
I know a [Em] woman..becamex a [G] wife.x
These are the [Em] veryx words she [D] usesx to des[C]cribex
her life.
She said, A [G] goodx day..Ain't got no [Em] rain.x
She said, A [G] badx day's when I [D] liex in bed
and [C] thinkx of things [D] thatx might have [G] been.x
[CHORUS]
[Em] Slipx slidin' a[G]way..slipx slidin' a[Em]way.x
You know the [G] nearerx your destin[D]ation,x
the [C] morex you're slip [D] slidin'x a[G]way.x
#3.
I know a [Em] fath..x [D] er,x who had a [G] son.x
He longed to [C] tellx him all the [D] reasonsx for the
[C]thingsx he'd done.
He came a [G] longx way just to ex[Em]plain.x
He kissed his [G] boyx as he lay [D] sleeping,x
then he [C] turnedx around and [D] headedx home [G] againx [F] xxx . [C] xxx [G] xxx
[CHORUS]
[Em]Slipx slidin' a[G]way..slipx slidin' a[Em]way.x
You know the [G] nearerx your destin[D]ation,x
the [C] morex you're slip [D] slidin'x a[G]way.x
#4.
God only [Em] knows..Godx makes his [G] plan.x
The infor[Em]mation'sx un[D]availablex to the [C] mortalx man.
We're working our [G] jobs..collectx our [Em] pay,x
believe we're [G] glidingx down the [D] highway,x
when in [C] factx we're slip [D] slidin'x [G] away.x
[CHORUS]
[Em] Slipx slidin' a[G]way..slipx slidin' a[Em]way.x
You know the [G] nearerx your destin[D]ation,x
the [C] morex you're slip [D] slidin'x a[G]way.x
[CHORUS]
[Em]Slipx slidin' a[G]way..slipx slidin' a[Em]way.x
You know the [G] nearerx your destin[D]ation,x
the [C] morex you're slip [D] slidin'x a[G]way.x
A seventies smash from Kraziekhat.
