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 in’ a (Ab)way.
Slip slid in’ (Eb)a (Fm)way.
You know the (Ab)near er your des ti na tion, the more you’re slip slid in’ a (Ab)way.
I know (Ab)a man; an;
he came from (Ab)my home town.
He wore his (Db)pas sion for his (Eb)wom an like a (Db)thorn y crown.
He said, “De (Ab)lor es,
I (Eb)live in fear.
My love for (Ab)you’s so o ver (Eb)pow’r ing I’m a (Eb)fraid that round and will dis ap (Ab)pear.
Slip slid in’ a way.
Slip slid in’ (Eb)a (Fm)way.
You know the (Ab)near er your des ti na tion, the more you’re slip slid in’ a (Ab)way.
And I know a wom an;
be came a (Ab)wife.
home town.
These are the (Db)ver y words she (Eb)us es to de (Db)scribe her life.
She said, “A (Ab)good day
ain’t (Eb)got no rain.”
She said, “A (Ab)bad day’s when I (Eb)lie in bed and (Eb)think of round and that might have (Ab)been.”
Slip slid in’ a way.
Slip slid in’ (Eb)a (Fm)way.
You know the (Ab)near er your des ti na tion, the more you’re slip slid in’ a (Ab)way.
And I know a wom (Ab)way.
And I know a fa
ther who had a son.
He (Ab7)longed to (Ab)way.
God on ly knows.
God makes His (Ab)plan.
The in for (Db)ma tion’s un a (Eb)vail a ble to the (Db)mor tal man.
We’re work in’ (Ab)our jobs;
col (Eb)lect our pay;
be lieve we’re (Ab)glid in’ down the (Eb)high way, when in (Bbm)fact, we’re slip (Eb)slid in’ a (Ab)way.
Slip slid in’ a way.
Slip slid in’ (Ab)a (Fm)way.
You know the (Ab)near er your des ti na tion, the (Db)more you’re slip slid in’ a (Ab)way.
Slip slid in’ a way.
Slip slid in’ (Eb)a (Fm)way.
You know the (Ab)near er your des ti na tion, the (Db)more you’re slip slid in’ a (Ab)way.
Mmm.
SONG INFO
- Level
- 5 of 5
- Key
- Db
- Tempo
- 116 BPM
- Plays
- 5
- Chords
- Ab Ab7 Bbm Db Db9 Eb Eb7 Fm
- Category
- Rock
- Artist
- Paul Simon