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]Today's the [A13]day it gets better
[Em9]This much I [A13]know
[Em9]I'm gone, I'm ge[A13]tting out
Bridge:
And all you [DM7]suckers can watch me [D7]go
And I [C#m]don't know where I'm [F#]going [Bm]yet[Bm/A]
But it's [Bm/G#]somewhere quite a [GM7]ways from here I'll [A]bet[D][A7]
Chorus: (3x)
It's gonna be [G]so far, so [D]good
Verse:
[Em9]Too late to [A13]make it all better
[Em9]This time it's [A13]real
[Em9]No need for [A13]looking back
Bridge:
Don't have to [DM7]talk about how we [D7]feel
And there's [C#m]no one we can [F#]pin this [Bm]on[Bm/A]
'Cause you[Bm/G#] can't see that it's[GM7] going till it's[A] gone[D][A7]
Chorus: (3x)
But we got [G]so far, so [D]good
Banjo Solo:
Bm Bm/G# Gmaj7 F#7 (3x)
[G] [A#13] [D]
Verse:
[Em9]Too bad, we [A13]could have done better
[Em9]Next time we'll [A13]know
[Em9]So sad, [A13]should have been
Bridge:
If only [DM7]wishing could make it [D7]so
In a [C#m7]thousand years we'll [F#7]meet ag[Bm]ain[Bm/A]
With the [Bm/G#]saddest smile you'll [Gmaj7]ask me how I've [A]been[D][A7]
Chorus: (3x)
I'm gonna say [G]so far, so [D]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----|
----------------------------|-------|
----------------------------|-------|
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]Today's the [A13]day it gets better
[Em9]This much I [A13]know
[Em9]I'm gone, I'm ge[A13]tting out
Bridge:
And all you [DM7]suckers can watch me [D7]go
And I [C#m]don't know where I'm [F#]going [Bm]yet[Bm/A]
But it's [Bm/G#]somewhere quite a [GM7]ways from here I'll [A]bet[D][A7]
Chorus: (3x)
It's gonna be [G]so far, so [D]good
Verse:
[Em9]Too late to [A13]make it all better
[Em9]This time it's [A13]real
[Em9]No need for [A13]looking back
Bridge:
Don't have to [DM7]talk about how we [D7]feel
And there's [C#m]no one we can [F#]pin this [Bm]on[Bm/A]
'Cause you[Bm/G#] can't see that it's[GM7] going till it's[A] gone[D][A7]
Chorus: (3x)
But we got [G]so far, so [D]good
Banjo Solo:
Bm Bm/G# Gmaj7 F#7 (3x)
[G] [A#13] [D]
Verse:
[Em9]Too bad, we [A13]could have done better
[Em9]Next time we'll [A13]know
[Em9]So sad, [A13]should have been
Bridge:
If only [DM7]wishing could make it [D7]so
In a [C#m7]thousand years we'll [F#7]meet ag[Bm]ain[Bm/A]
With the [Bm/G#]saddest smile you'll [Gmaj7]ask me how I've [A]been[D][A7]
Chorus: (3x)
I'm gonna say [G]so far, so [D]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----|
----------------------------|-------|
----------------------------|-------|