Intro:
    A  E7  G  G  G -x2-
    A  

           E7      G   
Papa died smiling 
 G                    D    A  
Wide as the ring of a bell 
                E7     G   
Gone all star white 
 G                   D    A  
Small as a wish in a well 
                   E7     G   
And Sodom, South Georgia 
 G                        D   A  
Woke like a tree full of bees 
            E7    G   
Buried in Christmas 
  G                    D    D     Bm
Bows and a blanket of weeds 


 D     	   D         G  G      Em    Bm
Papa died Sunday and I understood
 D         D  	     G     G        Em
All dead white boys say, "God is good" 
 G              G              	  D 
White tongues hang out, "God is good" 


-alternate between C and G-
D  


                E7  G   
Papa died while my 
 G                   D   A  
Girl Lady Edith was born 
                 E7  G   
Both heads fell like 
 G                      D   A  
Eyes on a crack in the door 
                   E7    G   
And Sodom, South Georgia 
 G                   D   A  
Slept on an acre of bones 
                E7      G   
Slept through Christmas 
 G                      D     D      Bm
Slept like a bucket of snow 


 D     	   D         G  G      Em    Bm
Papa died Sunday and I understood 
D         D          G    G        Em
All dead white boys say, "God is good"
 G              G                 D 
White tongues hang out, "God is good"


-alternate between G and D-
D