Temporary Chords
Temporary by Slaid Cleaves is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C with a capo on the 7st fret. It uses the chords C, G, Am, F, C/G and C/E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: C G Am F C/G C/E
G
Fall down on your knees
Am
It's whispered through the trees
F C
No one's come to save you
G
Let fade the little lies
Am
The sentimental cries
F C
Behold what nature gave you
G
All you see
Am F C
Every love and every dream
G
Temporary
Am F C
As the morning dew will turn to steam
G
Battered by the years
Am
We'll quit this vale of tears
F C
And leave the world to turn
G
The voice of midnight comes
Am
And spoken on its tongue
F C
Man's infinite concern
G
All you see
Am F C
Every joy and every sting
G
Temporary
Am F
As the blooming of the rose in spring
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