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Temporary Ground

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1/98

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Step 1 / 98Position: 2

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

Intro: 
e|---------------------|---------------------|
B|---------2------2----|---------2-----------|
G|------2-----2----2-2-|------2-----2-----2--|
D|---2---2-----2----2--|---2---2-----2---2-2-| 2x
A|-0------0------------|-0------0-------0----|
E|---------------------|---------------------|
Verse 1:
On a fAloating lily island
Moving Dover slowly sGideways
Rest the Atemporary creatures
Spending Fall of their dEays
AWaiting for the floor to
Buckle Ddown below their Gbelts
Crashing Ainto yet another
Drifting Fcontinental sEhelf
Chorus (2x):                               
FMoving without motion                 
AScreaming without sound               
Across an Dopen ocean                  
FLying there on BbtemCpoBbrarCy gAround               
e|---------------|---------------|-----2-------------------------|
B|---------------|-----2---------|---3----3----------------------|
G|-----2---------|---2----2------|--2-2-----------2--------------|
D|---3----3------|--2-2-----2----|-0------------3----3-----------|
A|--3-3-----3----|-0-------------|-------------3-3-------1-31-30-|
E|-1-------------|---------------|------------1------------------|
Moving without  Screaming without  open ocean, lying there,  temporary ground
     motion.      sound. Across an                     on
Bridge:
e|--------------------|--------------------|
B|---------2----------|---------2--------2-|
G|------2-----2----2--|------2-----2-------|
D|---2---2-----2----2-|---2---2-----2---2--|
A|-0------0-----------|-0------0-------0---|
E|--------------------|--------------------|
e|--------------------|----------------------|
B|--------------------|------2---------------|
G|------2--0--2----2--|-------2-0--2----0-2--|
D|---2---2--------2-2-|---2----2-------2-----|
A|-0------0------0----|-0-------------------0|
E|--------------------|----------------------|
Verse 2:
The old eAxplorers had it easy
They Ddiscovered nothing newG  
But rAeturned on home with answers
Of Fsad existence Eclues
AAll the creatures have it hard now
Nothing Dbut God is left to Gknow
And while he Aleft us all here hanging
With an Fillusion of a Ehome
Chorus (2x):
FMoving without motion
AScreaming without sound
Across an Dopen ocean
FLying there on BbtemCpoBbrarCy gAround

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Temporary Ground

by Jack White

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Chords in this song · guitar

Intro:

e|---------------------|---------------------|

B|---------2------2----|---------2-----------|

G|------2-----2----2-2-|------2-----2-----2--|

D|---2---2-----2----2--|---2---2-----2---2-2-| 2x

A|-0------0------------|-0------0-------0----|

E|---------------------|---------------------|

Verse 1:

On a floating lily island

D G

Moving over slowly sideways

Rest the temporary creatures

F E

Spending all of their days

Waiting for the floor to

D G

Buckle down below their belts

Crashing into yet another

F E

Drifting continental shelf

Chorus (2x):

Moving without motion

Screaming without sound

Across an open ocean

F Bb C Bb C A

Lying there on temporary ground

e|---------------|---------------|-----2-------------------------|

B|---------------|-----2---------|---3----3----------------------|

G|-----2---------|---2----2------|--2-2-----------2--------------|

D|---3----3------|--2-2-----2----|-0------------3----3-----------|

A|--3-3-----3----|-0-------------|-------------3-3-------1-31-30-|

E|-1-------------|---------------|------------1------------------|

Moving without Screaming without open ocean, lying there, temporary ground

motion. sound. Across an on

Bridge:

e|--------------------|--------------------|

B|---------2----------|---------2--------2-|

G|------2-----2----2--|------2-----2-------|

D|---2---2-----2----2-|---2---2-----2---2--|

A|-0------0-----------|-0------0-------0---|

E|--------------------|--------------------|

e|--------------------|----------------------|

B|--------------------|------2---------------|

G|------2--0--2----2--|-------2-0--2----0-2--|

D|---2---2--------2-2-|---2----2-------2-----|

A|-0------0------0----|-0-------------------0|

E|--------------------|----------------------|

Verse 2:

The old explorers had it easy

D G

They discovered nothing new

But returned on home with answers

F E

Of sad existence clues

All the creatures have it hard now

D G

Nothing but God is left to know

And while he left us all here hanging

F E

With an illusion of a home

Chorus (2x):

Moving without motion

Screaming without sound

Across an open ocean

F Bb C Bb C A

Lying there on temporary ground

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