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So Far So Good
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Original chords and tabs by cb. New tabs reflecting live performance at Denver in 2009
(and minor edits to chords for consistency) by MattMcMullen.
Chords:
Em9x7577x
A135x567x
DM7x5767x
D7x5757x
C#mx4665x
F#2x432x
Bmx24432
Bm/Ax0443x
Bm/ G#4x443x (I use my thumb for the G#)
GM73x443x
A#13686786
Verse:
Em9Today's the A13day it gets better
Em9This much I A13know
Em9I'm gone, I'm geA13tting out
Bridge:
And all you DM7suckers can watch me D7go
And I C#mdon't know where I'm F#going BmyetBm/A
Bm/ G# GM7 A D A7
But it's somewhere quite a ways from here I'll bet
Chorus: (3x)
It's gonna be Gso far, so Dgood
Verse:
Em9Too late to A13make it all better
Em9This time it's A13real
Em9No need for A13looking back
Bridge:
Don't have to DM7talk about how we D7feel
And there's C#mno one we can F#pin this BmonBm/A
Bm/ G# GM7 A D A7
'Cause you can't see that it's going till it's gone
Chorus: (3x)
But we got Gso far, so Dgood
Banjo Solo:
Bm Bm/ G# Gmaj7 F#7(3x)
G A#13 D
Verse:
Em9Too bad, we A13could have done better
Em9Next time we'll A13know
Em9So sad, A13should have been
Bridge:
If only DM7wishing could make it D7so
In a C#m7thousand years we'll F#7meet agBmainBm/A
Bm/ G# Gmaj7 A D A7
With the saddest smile you'll ask me how I've been
Chorus: (3x)
I'm gonna say Gso far, so Dgood
Intro and Verse
-------------------||-Em9--------------------------|-A13---------------------------|
-------------------||-------7-------------------|-----------7----------------|
-------------------||o---------------7----------|--6--------------6----------|
-------------------||o------5-----------5-------|--------5-----------5-------|
--0--5-----6-------||-7-----------7-------------|----------------------------|
-------------------||---------------------------|--5-----------5-------------|
-Em9---------------------------|-A13--------------------------||
--------7-------------------|-----------0---------------||
-----------------7----------|--6--------------6--------o||
--------5-----------5-------|--------5-----------7-----o||
--7-----------7-------------|---------------------------||
----------------------------|--5-----------5------------||
-Em9---------------------------|--A13--------------------------|
--------7-------------------|-----------7----------------|
-----------------7----------|--6--------------6----------|
--------5-----------5-------|--------5-----------5-------|
--7-----------7-------------|----------------------------|
----------------------------|--5-----------5-------------|
Bridge
DM7----------------------------|-D7---------------------------|-C#m---------------------------|
-----------7----------------|-----------7----------------|-----------5----------------|
-----------------6----------|--5--------------5----------|-----------------6----------|
--------7-----------7-------|--------7-----------7-------|--------6-----------6-------|
--5-------------------------|--5-------------------------|--4-------------------------|
----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
-F#---------------------------|-Bm----------2----------------|-Bm/A----------0----------------|
-----------2----------------|--3--------------3----------|--3--------------3----------|
-----------------3----------|-----------------------4----|-----------------------4----|
--------4-----------4-------|--------4-----------4-------|--------4-----------4-------|
----------------------------|--2-----------2-------------|--0-----------0-------------|
--2-------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
Bm/ G# GM7 A
-----------0----------------|-----------0----------------|-----------------0----------|
--3--------------3----------|--3--------------3----------|--------2-------------------|
-----------------------4----|-----------------------4----|----------------------------|
--------4-----------4-------|--------4-----------4-------|--------2-----------2-------|
----------------------------|----------------------------|--0-----------0-------------|
--4-----------4-------------|--3-----------3-------------|----------------------------|
--D---------0----------------|--A7--------------------------|-------|
--3--------------3----------|--------5-------------------|--10---|
----------------------------|-----------------6----------|-------|
--------4-----------4-------|--------5-----------5-------|-------|
--0-----------0-------------|--0-----------0-------------|--0----|
----------------------------|----------------------------|-------|
Chorus
||-G--------------------------|----------------------------|
||-------2--------3----------|--2--------3--------2-------|
||o------0--------0----------|--0--------0--------0-------|
||o--------------------------|----------------------------|
||---------------------------|----------------------------|
||-3-----3-----3-----3-------|--3-----3-----3-----3-------|
--D--------------------------|---------------------------||
--------2--------3----------|--2--------3--------2------||
--------2--------2----------|--2--------2--------2-----o||
--0-----0-----0-----0-------|--0-----0-----0-----0-----o||
----------------------------|---------------------------||
----------------------------|---------------------------||
--G--------------------------|----------------------------|
--------2--------3----------|--2--------3--------2-------|
--------0--------0----------|--0--------0--------0-------|
----------------------------|----------------------------|
----------------------------|----------------------------|
--3-----3-----3-----3-------|--3-----3-----3-----3-------|
--D--------------------------|--2----|
--------2--------3----------|--2----|
--------2--------2----------|--2----|
--0-----0-----0-----0-------|--0----|
----------------------------|-------|
----------------------------|-------|
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So Far So Good
by Jonathan Coulton
Chords in this song · guitar
Em9
A13
DM7
D7
C#m
F#
Bm
Bm/A
G#
GM7
A#13
A
D
A7
G
Gmaj7
F#7
C#m7
Original chords and tabs by cb. New tabs reflecting live performance at Denver in 2009
(and minor edits to chords for consistency) by MattMcMullen.
Chords:
Em9
x7577x
A13
5x567x
DM7
x5767x
D7
x5757x
C#m
x4665x
F#
2x432x
Bm
x24432
Bm/A
x0443x
Bm G# G#
/ 4x443x (I use my thumb for the )
GM7
3x443x
A#13
686786
Verse:
Em9 A13
Today's the day it gets better
Em9 A13
This much I know
Em9 A13
I'm gone, I'm getting out
Bridge:
DM7 D7
And all you suckers can watch me go
C#m F# Bm Bm/A
And I don't know where I'm going yet
Bm G# GM7 A D A7
/
But it's somewhere quite a ways from here I'll bet
Chorus: (3x)
G D
It's gonna be so far, so good
Verse:
Em9 A13
Too late to make it all better
Em9 A13
This time it's real
Em9 A13
No need for looking back
Bridge:
DM7 D7
Don't have to talk about how we feel
C#m F# Bm Bm/A
And there's no one we can pin this on
Bm G# GM7 A D A7
/
'Cause you can't see that it's going till it's gone
Chorus: (3x)
G D
But we got so far, so good
Banjo Solo:
Bm Bm G# Gmaj7 F#7
/ (3x)
G A#13 D
Verse:
Em9 A13
Too bad, we could have done better
Em9 A13
Next time we'll know
Em9 A13
So sad, should have been
Bridge:
DM7 D7
If only wishing could make it so
C#m7 F#7 Bm Bm/A
In a thousand years we'll meet again
Bm G# Gmaj7 A D A7
/
With the saddest smile you'll ask me how I've been
Chorus: (3x)
G D
I'm gonna say so far, so good
Intro and Verse
Em9 A13
-------------------||---------------------------|----------------------------|
-------------------||-------7-------------------|-----------7----------------|
-------------------||o---------------7----------|--6--------------6----------|
-------------------||o------5-----------5-------|--------5-----------5-------|
--0--5-----6-------||-7-----------7-------------|----------------------------|
-------------------||---------------------------|--5-----------5-------------|
Em9 A13
----------------------------|---------------------------||
--------7-------------------|-----------0---------------||
-----------------7----------|--6--------------6--------o||
--------5-----------5-------|--------5-----------7-----o||
--7-----------7-------------|---------------------------||
----------------------------|--5-----------5------------||
Em9 A13
----------------------------|----------------------------|
--------7-------------------|-----------7----------------|
-----------------7----------|--6--------------6----------|
--------5-----------5-------|--------5-----------5-------|
--7-----------7-------------|----------------------------|
----------------------------|--5-----------5-------------|
Bridge
DM7 D7 C#m
----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
-----------7----------------|-----------7----------------|-----------5----------------|
-----------------6----------|--5--------------5----------|-----------------6----------|
--------7-----------7-------|--------7-----------7-------|--------6-----------6-------|
--5-------------------------|--5-------------------------|--4-------------------------|
----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
F# Bm Bm/A
----------------------------|-----------2----------------|-----------0----------------|
-----------2----------------|--3--------------3----------|--3--------------3----------|
-----------------3----------|-----------------------4----|-----------------------4----|
--------4-----------4-------|--------4-----------4-------|--------4-----------4-------|
----------------------------|--2-----------2-------------|--0-----------0-------------|
--2-------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
Bm G# GM7 A
/
-----------0----------------|-----------0----------------|-----------------0----------|
--3--------------3----------|--3--------------3----------|--------2-------------------|
-----------------------4----|-----------------------4----|----------------------------|
--------4-----------4-------|--------4-----------4-------|--------2-----------2-------|
----------------------------|----------------------------|--0-----------0-------------|
--4-----------4-------------|--3-----------3-------------|----------------------------|
D A7
-----------0----------------|----------------------------|-------|
--3--------------3----------|--------5-------------------|--10---|
----------------------------|-----------------6----------|-------|
--------4-----------4-------|--------5-----------5-------|-------|
--0-----------0-------------|--0-----------0-------------|--0----|
----------------------------|----------------------------|-------|
Chorus
G
||---------------------------|----------------------------|
||-------2--------3----------|--2--------3--------2-------|
||o------0--------0----------|--0--------0--------0-------|
||o--------------------------|----------------------------|
||---------------------------|----------------------------|
||-3-----3-----3-----3-------|--3-----3-----3-----3-------|
D
----------------------------|---------------------------||
--------2--------3----------|--2--------3--------2------||
--------2--------2----------|--2--------2--------2-----o||
--0-----0-----0-----0-------|--0-----0-----0-----0-----o||
----------------------------|---------------------------||
----------------------------|---------------------------||
G
----------------------------|----------------------------|
--------2--------3----------|--2--------3--------2-------|
--------0--------0----------|--0--------0--------0-------|
----------------------------|----------------------------|
----------------------------|----------------------------|
--3-----3-----3-----3-------|--3-----3-----3-----3-------|
D
----------------------------|--2----|
--------2--------3----------|--2----|
--------2--------2----------|--2----|
--0-----0-----0-----0-------|--0----|
----------------------------|-------|
----------------------------|-------|
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