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β« Intro:
C G F (x3)
β« Chorus 1:
C G F
So far, so good
C G F
You're coming to the bend at the end of the road
C G F
You put a hand to the belly that's foreign more
C G F
With every day like an oversize load
β« Verse 1:
C G F
And you're thinking about clouds the color of fire
C G F
And the scent of an orange peel
C G F
The way Mount Shasta explodes into windshield view
C G F
And your hands steady on the wheel
β« Instrumental:
C G F (x2)
β« Chorus 2:
C G F
So far, so good
C G F
Coffee motel coffee diner coffee, go on
C G F
Styrofoam is drying like the tears that once did flow
C G F
Starting 10 o'clock and ending at dawn
β« Verse 2:
Am Em
And you can't go back but you're going back
Dm C G
And you don't know what you'll say
Am
You've got half-formed sentences
Em Dm G
Explanations for a life half-broken away
G
And they just may
G
They'll take you in their arms and then take out their knives
F
So you drive on thinking
β« Chorus 3:
C G F
So far, so good
C G F
But you can't go on much longer like this you know
C G F
You're all alone in this world no that's not true
C G F
The nice Christian lady told you so
β« Verse 3:
C G F
She was handing out pamphlets by the clinic door
C G F
Saying, "Jesus knows what you've been through
C G F
Take the Savior into your heart my child
C G F
There's love waiting for the both of you"
β« Verse 4:
Am Em
Well, you don't believe but you have to believe
Dm C G
It's still crumpled there in your back seat
Am Em
Were you the hero or the worst kind of coward back there
Dm G
Putting pavement back under your feet
G
Couldn't stand the heat
G
Couldn't stand the thought of ghosts with a negative age
G F
Turn the page, ok
β« Chorus 4:
C G F
So far, so good
C G F
You try to sing along to the radio-o
C G F
But it's not your language, not your song
C G F
It's from some other time ago
β« Verse 5:
C G F
And you're thinking about how someone died that day
C G F
The you that was so carefully planned
C G F
But then again maybe this life is like a sleeping mountain
C G F
Waking up to shape the land
β« Verse 6:
C G F C G F
Calm, calm, let it come, let it come back to you
C G F C G F
Calm, calm, breathe on out, you know you know what to do
C G F C G F
Calm, calm, let it come, let it come back to you
C G F C G F
Calm, calm, breathe on out, you know you know what to do
β« Outro:
C G F (x4)
Song History
Published: December 15, 2023
Last Updated: September 10, 2025