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-transcribed by Greg Steele - 
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"Temporary Road" - John Gorka from "Temporary Road" 1992

Capo 2nd fret

The intro and the bits between verses is mostly playing around with the A chord
by hammering on the F# (2nd fret, high E string) with your pinky and dropping 
the C# on the second string occasionally, and then playing the D chord and 
hammering off the D on the second string (I play a Dmaj7 - xx0222 and "add" the 
D back in) and hammering-on the F# on the fourth string.  It sounds harder than 
it is.  Just play around with it, I think you'll see what I mean.     

      A
He is skating on a river 

That's been frozen since December
                                 D
He's a soldier on a river off to war


And he just received his orders
They're in his pocket with his quarters
But they never cut his leave like this before

And his buddies know he's crazy
But they'll meet him by the bridge
And he has the light of more than half the moon

He skated nights when he was younger
Though he always knew the danger
But it seems so much is here and gone so soon

        D                E 
And the ice talks to the river

        A                 F#m
And the geese talk to themselves

          D                E                   D
Will they fly all night if there's no place to land?


A place to land is open water
And open water he can't use
When it's hard enough to find a place to stand

When the ice gives in beneath you
You know it changes how you dream
And you will never be the same again

He's going where there is no water
The only ice is in his veins
He may kill someone who's face he'll never see


He always knew he'd be a soldier
Since his parents could remember
Now he's skating down this temporary road

repeat first verse