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
Papa died smiling
Wide as the ring of a bell
Gone all star white
Small as a wish in a well
And Sodom, South Georgia
Woke like a tree full of bees
Buried in Christmas
C G G/f# Em (pull-off, hammer-on on A-string then D-string)
Bows and a blanket of weeds
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#
All dead white boys say, "God is good"
White tongues hang out, "God is good"
(during humming part alternate between C and G) D11
Papa died while my
Girl Lady Edith was born
Both heads fell like
Eyes on a crack in the door
And Sodom, South Georgia
Slept on an acre of bones
Slept through Christmas
C G G/f# Em (pull-off hammer-on on A-string then D-string)
Slept like a bucket of snow
G/f#
Papa died Sunday and I understood
G/f#
All dead white boys say, "God is good"
White tongues hang out, "God is good"
(alternate between C and G; end on G)