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Slip Away by Jonathan Byrd
Slip Away
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:A
Capo:no capo
[Intro]
A E D A
D A E
[Verse 1]
A E
Free and clean, you're daddy's girl,
D A
dancin' down in Mexico,
D A
all night long and nobody knows.
E N.C.
You're just a poet and you had to go
[Chorus]
A
Slip away.
E
Slip away.
D A
They try to love but you slip away.
A
Slip away.
E D
Slip away.
[Verse 2]
A E
It's been a while since you paid a bill.
D A
Forgiveness is a shallow well.
D A
What you're given is all you've got-
E N.C.
the way you look and the way you smell
[Chorus]
A
Slip away.
E
Slip away.
D A
They try to love but you slip away.
A
Slip away.
E D
Slip away.
[Verse 3]
A E
Can't go home again for shame.
D A
You try to make it in a border town,
D A
running tar to hotel rooms.
E N.C.
The sailor boys call you down.
[Chorus]
A
You slip away.
E
Slip away.
D A
They try to love but you slip away.
A
Slip away.
E
Slip away.
D A
They try to love but you slip away.
A
Slip away.
E
Slip away.
D A
They try to love but you slip away.
A
Slip away.
E D
Slip away.
[Instrumental]
A E D A
D A E
[Verse 4]
A E
Even when the deal goes south,
D A
you never figure yourself for a slave.
D A
Confederacy is the easy way out,
E N.C.
but you take your freedom to your grave
[Chorus]
A
And slip away.
E
Slip away.
D A
They try to love but you slip away.
A
Slip away.
E
Slip away.
D A
They try to love but you slip away.
A
Slip away.
E
Slip away.
D A
They try to love but you slip away.
A
Slip away.
E D
Slip away.
[Verse 5]
A E
Your uncle came and picked you up.
D A
You was toe-tagged and skin and bone.
D A
Took you back to Shasta Lake,
E N.C.
but nobody ever took you home.
[Chorus]
A
You slipped away.
E
Slipped away.
D A
They tried to love but you slipped away.
A
Slip away.
E
Slip away.
D A
They try to love but you slip away.
A
Slip away.
E
Slip away.
D A
They try to love but you slip away.
A
Slip away.
E D
Slip away.
[Outro]
A
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