• Song:

    Sodom South Georgia

  • Artist:

    Iron And Wine

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) (xx0010@1)A7(x0201x) (x02020@1)Am(x0221x) (x02210@1)C/B(x2001x) (x2555x@1)C(x3201x) (x32010@1)G(3200xx) (320003@1)G/F#(2000xx) (320002@1)Em(02200x) (022000@1)

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

           A7 (x02020@1)    C/BPapa (x2555x@1)died smiling 
 C (x32010@1)                  G (320003@1)  D11Wide (xx0010@1)as the ring of a bell 
                A7 (x02020@1)   C/BGone (x2555x@1)all star white 
 C (x32010@1)                 G (320003@1)  D11Small (xx0010@1)as a wish in a well 
                   A7 (x02020@1)   C/BAnd (x2555x@1)Sodom, South Georgia 
 C (x32010@1)                      G (320003@1) D11Woke (xx0010@1)like a tree full of bees 
            A7 (x02020@1)  C/BBuried (x2555x@1)in Christmas 
  C (x32010@1)                  G (320003@1)  G/F# (320002@1)Em(pull-off, (022000@1)hammer-on on A-string then D-string)
Bows and a blanket of weeds 


 G/F# (320002@1)	   G (320003@1)       C (x32010@1)C/B (x2555x@1) Am (x02210@1)  Em(pull-off (022000@1)hammer-on on A-string then D-string)
Papa died Sunday and I understood
 G/F# (320002@1)    G (320003@1)	     C (x32010@1)   C/B (x2555x@1)   AmAll (x02210@1)dead white boys say, "God is good" 
 C/B (x2555x@1)         C (x32010@1)            	  G (320003@1)White tongues hang out, "God is good" 

(during humming part alternate between C and G)    D11

                A7 (x02020@1)C/BPapa (x2555x@1)died while my 
 C (x32010@1)                 G (320003@1) D11Girl (xx0010@1)Lady Edith was born 
                 A7 (x02020@1)C/BBoth (x2555x@1)heads fell like 
 C (x32010@1)                    G (320003@1) D11Eyes (xx0010@1)on a crack in the door 
                   A7 (x02020@1)  C/BAnd (x2555x@1)Sodom, South Georgia 
 C (x32010@1)                 G (320003@1) D11Slept (xx0010@1)on an acre of bones 
                A7 (x02020@1)    C/BSlept (x2555x@1)through Christmas 
 C (x32010@1)                    G (320003@1)   G/F# (320002@1) Em(pull-off (022000@1)hammer-on on A-string then D-string)
Slept like a bucket of snow 


 G/F# (320002@1)	   G (320003@1)       C (x32010@1)C/B (x2555x@1) Am (x02210@1)  EmPapa (022000@1)died Sunday and I understood 
G/F# (320002@1)    G (320003@1)        C (x32010@1)  C/B (x2555x@1)   AmAll (x02210@1)dead white boys say, "God is good"
 C/B (x2555x@1)         C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1)White tongues hang out, "God is good"

(alternate between C and G; end on G)


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