Shasta Carries Song
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Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste: Sem capotraste
[Intro]
C G F (x3)
[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
[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
C G F
And your hands steady on the wheel
[Instrumental]
C G F (x2)
[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
[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
[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
[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"
[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
[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
[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
[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
[Outro]
C G F (x4)
How to play Shasta Carries Song
Use the controls above to change the key and text size. Follow the highlighted chords while listening, then practice each section slowly before playing at the original tempo.
What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is E. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.