Intro:
D5 A5 C5 C5  (hammer-on on the D5 -string) G5 (hammer-on on the A5 -string) x 2 D5

           A5      C5
Papa died smiling 
 C5                    G5    D5
Wide as the ring of a bell 
                A5     C5
Gone all star white 
 C5                   G5    D5
Small as a wish in a well 
                   A5     C5
And Sodom , South Georgia 
 C5                        G5   D5
Woke like a tree full of bees 
            A5    C5
Buried in Christmas 
  C5                    G5    G5  E5 (pull-off, hammer-on on A5 -string then D5 -string)
Bows and a blanket of weeds 


 G5           G5         C5  C5   A5    E5 (pull-off hammer-on on A5 -string then D5 -string)
Papa died Sunday and I understood
 G5      G5             C5     C5     A5
All dead white boys say, "God is good" 
 C5           C5                      G5 
White tongues hang out, "God is good" 

(during humming part alternate between C5 and G5 )    D11

                A5  C5
Papa died while my 
 C5                   G5   D5
Girl Lady Edith was born 
                 A5  C5
Both heads fell like 
 C5                      G5   D5
Eyes on a crack in the door 
                   A5    C5
And Sodom , South Georgia 
 C5                   G5   D5
Slept on an acre of bones 
                A5      C5
Slept through Christmas 
 C5                      G5     G5   E5 (pull-off hammer-on on A5 -string then D5 -string)
Slept like a bucket of snow 


 G5           G5         C5  C5   A5    E5
Papa died Sunday and I understood 
G5      G5          C5    C5     A5
All dead white boys say, "God is good"
 C5           C5                 G5 
White tongues hang out, "God is good"

(alternate between C5 and G5 ; end on G5 )