How to Play Slip Slidin' Away on Guitar?

Paul Simon - Slip Slidin' Away can be played in the key of G using the G, Em, C, D, C7 chords. For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E. For Em, To play Em, let low E, G, B, high E ring open, mute A, D. For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D. For D, To play D, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute B. For C7, To play C7, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D. Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat. You can play Slip Slidin' Away with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.

Paul Simon - Slip Slidin’ Away Chords

Chord reference G, Em, C, D, C7

Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑

Slip slidin’ a[G]way, [G]slip slidin’ a[Em]way [Em]You know the [G]nearer your destin[D]ation, the [C]more you’re slip [D]slidin’ a[G]way

Woah and I know a [Em]man [Em]he came from my home [G]town [G] He wore his [C]passion for his [D]woman like a [C]thorny crown [C7] He [C7]said Dol[G]ores [G]I live in [Em]fear [Em]My love for [G]you so over[D]powering I’m a[C]fraid that I [D]will disapp[G]ear

[G]Slip slidin’ a[G]way, [G]slip slidin’ a[Em]way [Em]You know the [G]nearer your destin[D]ation, the [C]more you’re slip [D]slidin’ a[G]way

I know a [Em]woman [Em]who became a [G]wife [G] These are the [C]very words she [D]uses to des[C]cribe her life [C7] She [C7]said a [G]good day [G]ain’t got no [Em]rain [Em]She said a [G]bad day is when I [D]lie in the bed and I [C]think of things that [D]might have been [G]

[G]Slip slidin’ a[G]way, [G]slip slidin’ a[Em]way [Em]You know the [G]nearer your destin[D]ation, the [C]more you’re slip [D]slidin’ a[G]way

[G]And I know a [Em]father [Em]who had a [G]son [G] He longed to [C]tell him all the [D]reasons for the [C]things he’d done [C7] He [C7]came a [G]long way [G]just to ex[Em]plain [Em]He kissed his [G]boy as he lay [D]sleeping, Then he [C]turned around and he [D]headed home a[G]gain

[G]Slip slidin’ a[G]way , [G]slip slidin’ a[Em]way [Em]You know the [G]nearer your destin[D]ation, the [C]more you’re slip [D]slidin’ a[G]way

[G]Whoah God only [Em]knows [Em]God makes his [G]plan [G] The infor[C]mation’s una[D]vailable to the [C]mortal man [C7] [C7]We [C7]work in [C7]our [G]jobs [G]collect our [Em]pay [Em] Believe we’re [G]gliding down the [D]highway when in [C]fact we’re slip [D]slidin’ a[G]way

[G]Slip slidin’ a[G]way, [G]slip slidin’ a[Em]way [Em]Youknowthe [G]nearer your destin[D]ation, the [C]more you’re slip [D]slidin’ a[G]way

[G]Slip slidin’ a[G]way, [G]slip slidin’ a[Em]way [Em]You know the [G]nearer your destin[D]ation, the [C]more you’re slip [D]slidin’ a[G]way [G]

Artist Paul Simon

Album Still Crazy After All These Years

Genres Folk, Folk Rock, Rock

Year 1975

Key G

Paul Simon - Slip Slidin' Away can be played in the key of G using the G, Em, C, D, C7 chords.

For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E.
For Em, To play Em, let low E, G, B, high E ring open, mute A, D.
For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.
For D, To play D, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute B.
For C7, To play C7, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play Slip Slidin' Away with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.