JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "Slip Slidin' Away" merupakan lagu keluaran 1977 dari penyanyi Paul Simon.
Lagu ini menjadi karya solonya setelah pernah membuat grup duo bersama Art Garfunkel, Simon & Garfunkel.
Tak hanya membawakannya, Paul Simon juga menulis lagu ini.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Father and Daughter - Paul Simon
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu "Slip Slidin' Away" dari Paul Simon.
Capo di fret 1
G Em 2x
G Em
Slip sliding away, slip sliding away
G D C D G
You know the nearer your destination, the more you're slip sliding away
Em G
I know a man, he came from my hometown
C D C C7
He wore his passion for his woman like a thorny crown
G Em
He said Dolores, I live in fear
G D C D G
My love for you's so overpowering, I'm afraid that I will disappear
G Em
Slip sliding away, slip sliding away
G D C D G
You know the nearer your destination, the more you're slip sliding away
Em G
And I know a woman, became a wife
C D C C7
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 is when I lie in bed
C D G
And think of things that might have been
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're slip sliding away
Em G
And I know a father who had a son
C D C C7
He longed to tell him all the reasons for the 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
Then he turned around and headed home again
G Em
He's Slip sliding, slip sliding away
G D C D G F C G F C G
You know the nearer your destination, the more you're slip sliding away
Em G
And God only knows, God makes his plan
C D C C7
The information's unavailable to the mortal man
G Em
We're workin our jobs, collect our pay
G D C D G
Believe we're gliding down the highway, when in fact we're slip sliding away
G Em
Slip sliding away, slip sliding away
G D C D G
You know the nearer your destination, the more you're slip sliding away
G Em
Slip sliding away, slip sliding away
G D C D G
You know the nearer your destination, the more you're slip sliding away
[Outro]
Em G Em
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