So Far So Good Chords & Tabs
*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 x7577x
A13 5x567x
DM7 x5767x
D7 x5757x
C#m x4665x
F# 2x432x
Bm x24432
Bm/A x0443x
Bm/G# 4x443x (I use my thumb for the G#)
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------------||
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/jonathan_coulton/so_far_so_good_crd.html ]
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----|
----------------------------|-------|
----------------------------|-------|
