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Temporary People

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[Verse 1]
Em7Hanging out with the teDmporary people
Till I fAmind my way bCack to you
Em7And it's so easy to be swallDowed by this evil
Cause it's aAmll I know       Chow to do
[Chorus]
But Gyou, you do not cAmare about yourself
Or Canyone else  anGyone else
And I    Gcan't sAmtop blaming myself
AnCd nobody else,    Gnobody else
[Verse 2]
TherEm7e must be twenty five different Dpeople
LAmiving inside me all the Ctime
And Em7some of them are always reaching for the Dneedle
Just to Amtry and calm this vicious Cmind
[Chorus]
But Gyou, you do not Amcare about yourself
Or Canyone else  anGyone else
And I    Gcan't sAmtop blaming myself
AnCd nobody else,    Gnobody else
DmWe're sad you wFant to go,
CWant to go, GAway.....
DmWe're sad you wFant to go,
CWant to go, GAway.....
DmWe're sad you wFant to go,
CWant to go, GAway.....
DmWe're sad you wFant to go,
CWant to go, GAway.....
DmWe're sad you wFant to go,
CWant to go, GAway.....
DmWe're sad you wFant to go,
CWant to go, GAway.....

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Temporary People

by Joseph Arthur

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Chords in this song · guitar

Em7

[Verse 1]

Em7 D

Hanging out with the temporary people

Am C

Till I find my way back to you

Em7 D

And it's so easy to be swallowed by this evil

Am C

Cause it's all I know how to do

[Chorus]

G Am

But you, you do not care about yourself

C G

Or anyone else anyone else

G Am

And I can't stop blaming myself

C G

And nobody else, nobody else

[Verse 2]

Em7 D

There must be twenty five different people

Am C

Living inside me all the time

Em7 D

And some of them are always reaching for the needle

Am C

Just to try and calm this vicious mind

[Chorus]

G Am

But you, you do not care about yourself

C G

Or anyone else anyone else

G Am

And I can't stop blaming myself

C G

And nobody else, nobody else

Dm F

We're sad you want to go,

C G

Want to go, Away.....

Dm F

We're sad you want to go,

C G

Want to go, Away.....

Dm F

We're sad you want to go,

C G

Want to go, Away.....

Dm F

We're sad you want to go,

C G

Want to go, Away.....

Dm F

We're sad you want to go,

C G

Want to go, Away.....

Dm F

We're sad you want to go,

C G

Want to go, Away.....

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