6/8 , . . , . . , . . , . . , . . , . . , . . , . . 
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||--2--------0--------|-------------------|-------2-----|-------2-----| 
||--------------------|-2--------0--------|-------------|-------------| 
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Rene and Georgette Magritte with their dog after the war

C Am 
Slip sliding away, slip sliding away 
C G F G C 
You know the nearer your destination, the more you slip sliding away 
 
 
Am C 
Whoah and I know a man, he came from my hometown 
F Fm 
He wore his passion for his woman like a thorny crown 
C Am 
He said Dolores, I live in fear 
C G F G C 
My love for you's so overpowering, I'm afraid that I will disappear

Intro : 
 
 
Em/C# Em/D Em/G Em/C# 
> . . . > . . . > . . . > . . . 
  e-|----------0-----------0---|-------0--------------0---| 
  B-|--------0-----------0-----|-----0--------------0-----| 
  G-|------0-----------0-------|--0---------------0-------| 
  D-|--------------0-----------|--------------------------| 
  A-|--4-----------------------|--------------4-----------| 
  E-|--------------------------|--------------------------| 
T i m r T i m r T m r T i m r ...

TAВ III 
 
1 2 
 E:-1^0------------------------|----------------------------| 
 B:-----3-1--0-------0----1-1--|-1^0-------------0---0--1-3-| 
 G:---------------2-------0-0--|-----2-0--0----2------------| 
 D:-----------------------2-2--|----------------------------| 
 A:----------------------------|----------------------------| 
 E:----------------------------|----------------------------|

Capo 2nd fret (see tuning info on main page) 
 
Am9 G 
 e:|---0---0---0---0-|-----------------|--(3)-----(3)----|-----------------| 
 B:|-----0-------0---|-----------------|-------0-------0-|-----------------| 
 G:|-2-------2-------|--------%--------|-----0-------0---|--------%--------| 
 D:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 
 A:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 
 E:|-----------------|-----------------|-3-------3-------|-----------------| 
 
Hello ... friend I've come to

" C" form E 2nd form 
|--------4---|----4---5---|----4---5---|----4---5---|------------ = 
 
|----5-------|7-----------|7-----------|7-----------|------------| 
|4-------4---|----4---6---|----4---6---|----4---6---|------------| 
|----6-------|7-----------|7-----------|7-----------|------------| 
|7-----------|------------|------------|------------|------------| 
|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|

G D 
А man walks down the street, 
C D 
he says why am I soft in the middle now, 
G D 
why am I soft in the middle, 
C D 
the rest of my life is so hard,