Intro:
D11 A7 C/B C  (hammer-on on the D -string) G (hammer-on on the A -string) x 2 D11

           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 


 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

                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 


 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 )