| G | Em | |
| Slip sliding a | way, slip sliding | away |
| G | D | C | D | G | |
| You know the n | earer your destin | ation, the | more you slip | sliding | away |
| Verse: |
| Em | G | |
| Whoah and I know a | man, he came from my h | ometown |
| C | D | C | C7 | |
| He wore his p | assion for his | woman like a thorny | crown |
| G | Em | |
| He said D | olores, I live in | fear |
| G | D | C | D | G | |
| My love for y | ou's so overpow | ering, I'm af | raid that I | will disa | ppear |
| Chorus x1 |
| I know a woman, (who) became a wife |
| These are the very words she uses to describe her life |
| She said a good day ain't got no rain |
| She said a bad day is when I lie in the bed |
| And I think of things that might have been |
| Chorus x1 |
| (F to C then back to G) |
| And I know a father who had a son |
| He longed to tell him all the reasons for the things he'd done |
| He came a long way just to explain |
| He kissed his boy as he lay sleeping |
| Then he turned around and he headed home again |
| Chorus x1 |
| Whoah God only knows, God makes his plan |
| The information's unavailable to the mortal man |
| We're workin' our jobs, collect our pay |
| Believe we're gliding down the highway, when in fact we're slip sliding away |
| Chorus x2 |
| Then play G and Em for a while and end on Em |