Still Crazy After All These Years
Paul Simon
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sunlight
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[Intro]G Em 2x[Chorus]G EmSlip sliding away, slip sliding awayG D C D GYou know the nearer your destination, the more you're slip sliding away[Verse]Em GI know a man, he came from my hometownC D C C7He wore his passion for his woman like a thorny crownG EmHe said Dolores, I live in fearG D C D GMy love for you's so overpowering, I'm afraid that I will disappear[Chorus]G EmSlip sliding away, slip sliding awayG D C D GYou know the nearer your destination, the more you're slip sliding away[Verse]Em D GAnd I know a woman, became a wifeC D C C7These are the very words she uses to describe her lifeG EmShe said a good day ain't got no rainG DShe said a bad day is when I lie in bedC D GAnd think of things that might have been[Chorus]G EmSlip sliding away, slip sliding awayG D C D G F C GYou know the nearer your destination, the more you're slip sliding away[Verse]Em D GAnd I know a father who had a sonC D C C7He longed to tell him all the reasons for the things he’d doneG EmHe came a long way just to explainG DHe kissed his boy as he lay sleepingC D GThen he turned around and headed home again[Chorus]G EmHe's slip sliding, slip sliding awayG D C D G F C G F C GYou know the nearer your destination, the more you're slip sliding away[Verse]Em GAnd God only knows, God makes his planC D C C7The information's unavailable to the mortal manG EmWe're workin our jobs, collect our payG D C D GBelieve we're gliding down the highway, when in fact we're slip sliding away[Chorus]G EmSlip sliding away, slip sliding awayG D C D GYou know the nearer your destination, the more you're slip sliding awayG EmSlip sliding away, slip sliding awayG D C D GYou know the nearer your destination, the more you're slip sliding away[Outro]Em G EmHmm mmm a lo a lo a lo a lo a lo a lo a lo a lo a loEm G EmHmm mmm a lo a lo a lo a lo a lo a lo a lo a lo a loEm G EmHmm mmm a lo a lo a lo a lo a lo a lo a lo a lo a loEm G EmHmm mmm a lo a lo a lo a lo a lo a lo a lo a lo a loEm G EmHmm mmm a lo a lo a lo a lo a lo a lo a lo a lo a lo