TAKE IT OFF THE SCREEN
Print the sheet for the piano stand, or load the MIDI into any app and practise at your own tempo.
HOW TO PLAY
- 1Put your right thumb on middle C. Most beginner songs stay under five fingers — you never move your hand.
- 2Set the speed down and turn CLICK on. Press each key exactly when the note reaches the line.
- 3Loop the bar that keeps breaking until it feels easy, then add the left hand and take the speed back up.
LYRICS
Slip slid (D)in’ a way.
Slip slid in’ a (Em)way.
You know the (D)near er your des ti na tion, the more you’re slip slid in’ a (C)way.
I know a man, an;
he came from (G)my home town.
He wore his (D)pas sion for his wom an like a (C)thorn y crown.
He said, “De (G)lor es,
I (D)live in (Em)fear.
My love for (D)you’s so ov er pow’r ing I’m a (D)fraid that I and head will dis ap (G)pear.”
Slip slid in’ a way.
Slip slid in’ a (Em)way.
You know the (D)near er your des ti na tion, the more you’re slip slid in’ a (C)way.
I know a wom an;
be came a (G)wife.
home town.
These are the (D)ver y words she us es to de (C)scribe her life.
She said, “A (G)good day
ain’t (D)got no (Em)rain.”
She said, “A (D)bad day’s when I lie in bed and (D)think of things and head that might have (G)been.”
Slip slid in’ a way.
Slip slid in’ a (Em)way.
You know the (D)near er your des ti na tion, the more you’re slip slid in’ a (C)way.
I know a wom (Gsus)way.
And I know (D)a fa ther who had a (G)son.
He longed to (Gsus)way.
God on ly (Em)knows.
God makes His (G)plan.
The in for (D)ma tion’s un a vail a ble to the (C)mor tal man.
We’re work in’ our (G)jobs;
col (D)lect our (Em)pay;
be lieve we’re (D)glid in’ down the high way, when in (D)fact, we’re slip slid in’ a (C)way.
Slip slid in’ a (C)way.
Slip slid in’ a (Em)way.
You know the (D)near er your des ti na tion, the more you’re slip slid in’ a way.
Slip slid in’ a (C)way.
Slip slid in’ a (Em)way.
You know the (D)near er your des ti na tion, the more you’re slip slid in’ a way.
Slip slid in’ a way.
SONG INFO
- Level
- 4 of 5
- Key
- G
- Tempo
- 112 BPM
- Plays
- 24
- Category
- Folk
- Artist
- Paul Simon