CHORUS:
Slip slidin' a-[G#]-way, slip slidin' a-[Fm]-way
You know the [G#] nearer your destin-[D#]-ation
The [C#] more you slip [D#] slidin' a-[G#]-way
VERSE 1:
I know a [Fm] man, he came from my [G#] hometown
He wore his [C#] passion for his [D#] woman like a [C#] thorny crown [C#7]
He said [G#] Dolores, I live in [Fm] fear
My love for [G#] you's so over-[D#]-powering
I'm a-[C#]-fraid that [D#] I will disap-[G#]-pear
VERSE 2:
And I know a [Fm] woman, became a [G#] wife
These are the [C#] very words she [D#] uses to des-[C#]-cribe her life [C#7]
She said a [G#] good day ain't got no [Fm] rain
She said a [G#] bad day is when [D#] I lie in the bed
And [C#] think of things [D#] that might have [G#] been
VERSE 3:
And I know a [Fm] father who had a [G#] son
He longed to [C#] tell him all the [D#] reasons for the [C#] things he'd done [C#7]
He came a [G#] long way just to ex-[Fm]-plain
He kissed his [G#] boy as he lay [D#] sleeping
Then he [C#] turned around and he [D#] headed home a-[G#]-gain
VERSE 4:
God only [Fm] knows, God makes his [G#] plan
The information's [C#] unavailable [D#] to the mortal [C#] man [C#7]
We're workin' our [G#] jobs, collect our [Fm] pay
Believe we're [G#] gliding down the [D#] highway
When in [C#] fact we're slip [D#] slidin' a-[G#]-way
