Tom: C
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
F Fm
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
(Chorus)
Am C
I know a woman, (who) became a wife
F Fm
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
She said a bad day is when I lie in the bed
F G C
And I think of things that might have been
(Chorus)
Am C
And I know a father who had a son
F Fm
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
He kissed his boy as he lay sleeping
F G C
Then he turned around and he headed home again
(Chorus)
Am C
Whoah God only knows, God makes his plan
F Fm
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
(Chorus repeats 2x)