Slip Away Chords

KeyF CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays461

Slip Away by David Bowie is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of F. It uses the chords F7/A, Fm7(b5)/Ab, Gm7(6), F7, F, B°, C#°, Dm7(9), Bb, C/G, D#, Am, Dm, G, E7 and Eb. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
F
Text
16
Speed
  			Introdução: F7/A Fm7(b5)/Ab Gm7(6) F7 ( 2x )  

F                      
Oogie waits for just another day  
C#°                        F  
Drags his bones to see the Yankees play  
Dm7(9)                             Bb  
       Bones Boy talks and flickers gray  
            C/G    D# C/G  
Oh, they slip away  

F                         
Once a time they nearly might have been  
C#°                      F  
    Bones and Oogie on a silver screen  
Dm7(9)                          Bb  
       No one knew what they could do  
             C/G  
Except for me and you  
       D#  
They slip away  
       C/G  
They slip away  

Chorus  

Am                           F  
Don't forget to keep your head warm  
Am                   F  
Twinkle twinkle Uncle Floyd  
Dm                        G  
Watching all the world and war torn  
Dm                  G    E7  
How I wonder where you are  

Am                F  
Sailing over Coney Island  
Am                  F  
Twinkle twinkle Uncle Floyd  
Dm                           G  
We were dumb but you were fun, boy  
Dm                    G  
How I wonder where you are  
E7  
Oo-oo  

F                       {Bº}  
Oogie knew there's never ever time  
C#º                    F  
Some of us will always stay behind  
Dm7(9)               Bb  
Down in space it's always 1982  
               C/G  
The joke we always knew  
 Eb  
Oo-oo  
                  C/G  
What's-a matter with you  

           Eb  
C'mon, let's go  
     C/G  
Slip away  
Oo-oo  

Chorus 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante