• Song:

    Temporary Home

  • Artist:

    Carrie Underwood

  • Album:

    Temporary Home

Intro: C, C9, F
C9
Little boy, 6 years old
F
A little too used to bein' alone.
C9
Another new mom and dad,another school,
F
Another house that'll never be home.
Am                      Em7                   F
When people ask him how he likes this place...
(F)            Am                   Em7          F
He looks up and says, with a smile upon his face,

                         C
"This is my temporary home
                      Gsus4/B
It's not where I belong.
            Am         Em7                F
Windows and rooms that I'm passin' through.
                 C                           G/B
This is just a stop, on the way to where I'm going.
              Am       Em7    F
I'm not afraid because I know 
         Gsus4       C (9 fr.)     F
this is my Temporary Home."

C9
Young mom on her own.
F
She needs a little help, got nowhere to go.
C9
She's lookin' for a job, lookin' for a way out,
F
Because a half-way house will never be a home.
Am                      Em7            F
At night she whispers to her baby girl,
         Am                 Em7                    F
"Someday we'll find our place here in this world."

                          C
"This is our temporary home.
                      Gsus4
It's not where we belong.
                Am         Em7               F
Windows and rooms that we're passin' through.
                  C                            G/B
This is just a stop, on the way to where we're going.
            Am        Em7    F
I'm not afraid because I know 
           G              C
this is our Temporary home

G/B, Am, Em7, F

C5
Old man, hospital bed,
                        F
The room is filled with people he loves.
                      Am
And he whispers don't cry for me,
     Em7                 F
I'll see you all someday.
           Am7           G            F
He looks up and says, "I can see God's face."

                          C5
"This is my temporary Home
                       C/B
It's not where I belong.
                 Am                       F
Windows and rooms that I'm passin' through.
                   C                        G/B
This was just a stop,on the way to where I'm going.
              Am       Em7    F
I'm not afraid because I know... 
          Gsus4      C9       F
this was My temporary home."
                   C9       F
This is our temporary home.
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