Sodom South Georgia by Iron & Wine
Capo on 7
You can tune the high e string to a D, sounds nice, but not a requisite.
All chords relative to capo.
Em9no5/D (x54030) simple C shape on the 3rd fret
Am7 (x02010)
Am (x02210)
C/B (x20010)
C (x32010)
G (320001)
Em (022000)
Em9no5/D Am7 C/B C x 2 Em9no5/D
Am7 C/B (this is a standard walk up)
Papa died smiling
C G
Wide as the ring of a bell
Am7 C/B
Gone all star white
C G Em9no5/D
Small as a wish in a well
Am7 C/B
And Sodom, South Georgia
C G Em9no5/D
Woke like a tree full of bees
Am7 C/B
Buried in Christmas
C G (G walk down to Em)
Bows and a blanket of weeds
Em G C C/B Am7 Em
Papa died Sunday and I understood
G C C/B Am7 Em
All dead white boys say, "God is good"
G C C/B Am7
White tongues hang out, "God is good"
Humming
C G Am7
Ahhh ah ha ah aha aha (x2)
G (hammer on A string x3) Em9no5/D
Am7 C/B
Papa died while my
C G Em9no5/D
Girl Lady Edith was born
Am7 C/B
Both heads fell like
C G Em9no5/D
Eyes on a crack in the door
Am7 C/B
And Sodom, South Georgia
C G Em9no5/D
Slept on an acre of bones
Am7 C/B
Slept through Christmas
C G (G walk down to Em)
Slept like a bucket of snow
Em G C C/B Am7 Em
Papa died Sunday and I understood
G C C/B Am7 Em
All dead white boys say, "God is good"
G C C/B Am7
White tongues hang out, "God is good"
Humming
C G Am7
Ahhh ah ha ah aha ha (x4)
End on G
(I’m not sure on the last “God is good”, love some input)
