Temporary Ground Chords
by Jack White
Temporary Ground by Jack White is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, D, G, F, Bb, E and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
STANDARD TUNING
NO CAPO
Intro: A
verse 1
A
On a floating lily island
D G
Moving over slowly sideways
A
Rested temper and the creatures
F Bb E
Spending all of their days
verse 2
A
Praying for the floor to
D G
Buckle down below their belts
A
Crashing into yet another
F Bb E
Drifting continental shelf
Chorus X2
F
Moving without motion
A
Screaming without sound
D
Across an open ocean
F Bb C Bb C A
Flying there on temporary ground
verse 3
A
The old explorers had it easy
D G
They discovered nothing new
A
But returned on home with answers
F Bb E
Of sad existent clues
verse 4
A
All the creatures have it hard now
D G
Nothing but god is left to know
A
And while he left us all here hanging
F Bb E
We're barely losing off our home
Chorus X4
F
Moving without motion
A
Screaming without sound
D
Across an open ocean
F Bb C Bb C A
Flying there on temporary ground
END