This is an adaptation of a youtube instructional video by dmb6105 which is located
here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvuUdePL2sA. Most of the information in this
tab is from that video. I did make one or two minor corrections to the chorus
based on how the version of the song I have sounds. If anything I wrote seems
unclear, check his video and you should be able to find a good explanation.
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How it's strummed:
Pluck the base note of the chord, then strum with the back of your fingers, ending
by putting emphasis (i.e. plucking) the high note in the chord. Don’t play the
high E string at all during the song.
Capo on 7
All chords relative to capo. First off, there’s a D that’s done like a normal C-
chord but moved up two frets (I’m gonna call it a D11 but it’s missing the 7th)
D11 (x5403x)
A7 (x0201x)
Am (x0221x)
C/B (x2001x)
C (x3201x)
G (3200xx)
G/F# (2000xx)
Em (02200x)
[Intro]
D11 A7 C/B C (hammer-on on the D-string) G (hammer-on on the A-string) x 2 D11
[Verse]
A7 C/B
Papa died smiling
C G D11
Wide as the ring of a bell
A7 C/B
Gone all star white
C G D11
Small as a wish in a well
A7 C/B
And Sodom, South Georgia
C G D11
Woke like a tree full of bees
A7 C/B
Buried in Christmas
C G G/F# Em (pull-off, hammer-on on A-string then D-string)
Bows and a blanket of weeds
[Chorus]
G/F# G C C/B Am Em (pull-off hammer-on on A-string then D-string)
Papa died Sunday and I understood
G/F# G C C/B Am
All dead white boys say, "God is good"
C/B C G
White tongues hang out, "God is good"
(during humming part alternate between C and G) D11
[Verse]
A7 C/B
Papa died while my
C G D11
Girl Lady Edith was born
A7 C/B
Both heads fell like
C G D11
Eyes on a crack in the door
A7 C/B
And Sodom, South Georgia
C G D11
Slept on an acre of bones
A7 C/B
Slept through Christmas
C G G/F# Em (pull-off hammer-on on A-string then D-string)
Slept like a bucket of snow
[Chorus]
G/F# G C C/B Am Em
Papa died Sunday and I understood
G/F# G C C/B Am
All dead white boys say, "God is good"
C/B C G
White tongues hang out, "God is good"
(alternate between C and G; end on G)
