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Capo: 7
Tuning: G C E A
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 sA7miling C/B
WCide as the ring of a Gbell D11
Gone all star whA7ite C/B
SCmall as a wish in a Gwell D11
And Sodom, South GeA7orgia C/B
WCoke like a tree full of bGees D11
Buried in ChA7ristmaC/Bs
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
AG/F#ll dead whGite boys sCay, "GC/Bod is goAmod"
WC/Bhite tongues hCang out, "God is goGod"
(during humming part alternate between C and G) D11
Papa died while A7my C/B
GCirl Lady Edith was bGorn D11
Both heads fell lA7ike C/B
ECyes on a crack in the dGoor D11
And Sodom, South GeA7orgia C/B
SClept on an acre of bGonesD11
Slept through ChA7ristmas C/B
C G G/F# Em (pull-off hammer-on on A-string then D-string)
Slept like a bucket of snow
PG/F#apa died SuGnday and IC unC/BderstoAmod Em
G/F#All dead wGhite boys sCay, "C/BGod is gAmood"
WC/Bhite tongues hCang out, "God is gGood"
(alternate between C and G; end on G)