Temporary sanity chords by
Todd Rundgren

N/A•

Key: G major•

Intro 1

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I had such

Verse 1

great expectations

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Of the world's benevolence

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Of benevolence

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Gm

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Bb

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Gm

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But I prefer

hallucinations

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'cause they tend to make

more sense

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Am

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Than exper i ence

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Gm

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Gm

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Verse 2

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'cause it was just an

Bb

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Am

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other sneak attack

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Of temporary sanity

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It was a pleasant stay, but now I'm back

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Em

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From temporary san ity

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My temporary san ity

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Verse 3

C

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I began

to grow dependent

Gm

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On a thing called "common sense"

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Gm

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It was common sense

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But my world grew so

resplendent

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That the strain was too intense

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Gm

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Gm

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Without self- defense

Verse 4

Bb

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Gm

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'cause it was just

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Am

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another sneak attack

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G

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Am

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Of temporary sanity

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Bb

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It was a pleasant stay,

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but now I'm back

Em

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Em

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Am

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From tem porary san ity

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My temporary sanity

Verse 5

Am

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The pool spreads across the pavement

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Where the sniper made him lie

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And he looks just like my youngest

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And I'm watching him die

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I must remind myself I've seen this

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It's all ancient history

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One long trail of twisted bodies

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As the strong crush the weak

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We must be crazy

We are crazy

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G

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This is our natural state

Am

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As our children die around us

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We just sit here and wait

Em

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For a little temporary san ity

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Em

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Some tem porary sanity

Interlude 1

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Gm

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Verse 6

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There's a chance that we

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would still get the picture

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If reality just came up and bit ya

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But the news team would never

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report it

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Because there's too

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much evidence to support it

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If we were stupider,

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the problem would vanish

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But our brains are much

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more than we can manage

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We say we want something

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so bad we can taste it

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But once we get it, then

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we turn 'round and waste it

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We got a twisted fixation with marketplace

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And every suffering soul is just

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an other face

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We think we're being manipulated

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from outer space

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It's the collective guilty

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conscience of the human race

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We get joyful when we look

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upon a lesser man

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A specimen that we can be sure that

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we are better than

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There is no shortage of supply

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of pride and vanity

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There is no other explanation

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but insanity

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You're listening

Verse 7

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Gm

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to prozac

While the message goes unheard

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It's the final word

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Verse 8

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We must

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be crazy

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We must be crazy

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There's no explanation

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So we must be crazy

Outro 1

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Tuning:Standard Open Tuner

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Chords

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C
Gm
Bb
Am
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Em

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Frequently asked questions

The original key of Temporary sanity by Todd rundgren is G major.

The primary chords used in Temporary sanity are D, G, C, Gm, Bb, Am.

No capo is required for this song.

Yes, this version uses open chords like D, G, C, Gm, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

The tempo of Temporary sanity is approximately 105 beats per minute.

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