So Far So Good

* i did not make this , i Am only uploading it from jonathan coulton’s wiki for use in the
portable ultimate – guitar app for the ipod/iphone *

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 x7577
x A13 5×567
x Dm7 x5767
x D7 x5757
x C#m x4665
x F# 2×432
x Bm x24432
Bm/A x0443
x Bm/G# 4x443x ( i use my thumb for the G# )
Gm7 3×443
x 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
– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – | | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
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Dm7 D7 C#m
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