Slipping Away - The Rolling Stones

Slipping Away

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CAPO: 2nd FRET
 
INTRO: -- play this 2x's
 
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(D)
E --------------x----|--------------|
B---------------7----|--------------|
G --------------7----|--------------|
D --------------x----|--------------|
A --------------x----|--------------|
E ---5-5-5-5----x----|---5-5-5-5----|
(muted slightly)
 
VERSE:
C
Guess it's just another dream
G
That's slipping away
C
Each time I fall asleep
G
It seems I'm drifting away
C
Just as you have touched my heart
D D7
Babe I wake and we're apart
G D G
Yeah, and it's slipping away
 
VERSE:
Here comes just another day
That's drifting away
Every time I draw a breath
It's dying away
First the sun and then the moon
G
One of them will be around soon
D G
Slipping away
D G
Slipping away
 
VERSE:
C G
Drifting away
C G
Slipping away, yeah
 
Just as you have touched my heart
I wake up babe and we're apart
It seems we're slipping away
Slipping away
Slipping away
 
BREAK:
Bb Eb
All I want is ecstacy
Bb Eb
But I ain't getting much
Bb Eb
Just getting off on misery
Bb Eb D G
It seems I've lost my touch
 
VERSE:
Well it's just another song
But it's slipping away
Well we didn't sing it long
'Cos it's fading away
First the sun and then the moon
One of them will be round soon
Slipping away
Slipping away
Slipping away
 
OUTRO:
D C G
Slipping a-wa-a-a-a-ay -- repeat 11x's and FADE OUT
 
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