Iron & Wine – Sodom South Georgia (Guitar)
Capo 7
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Key
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
This is an adaptation of a youtube instructional video by dmb6105 which is located
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 bass 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.
All chords relative to capo.
Dadd4 (x5403x)
Am7 (x0201x)
Am (x0221x)
C/B (x2001x)
C (x3201x)
G (3200xx)
G/F# (2000xx)
Em (02200x)
[Intro]
Dadd4 Am7 C/B C (hammer-on on the D-string) G (hammer-on on the A-string) x2 Dadd4
[Verse]
Am7 C/B Papa died smiling C G Dadd4 Wide as the ring of a bell Am7 C/B Gone all star white C G Dadd4 Small as a wish in a well Am7 C/B And Sodom, South Georgia C G Dadd4 Woke like a tree full of bees Am7 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
[Chorus]
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 C/B Am C/B White tongues hang out, "God is good" C C/B Am C/B (repeat during humming)
[Verse]
Am7 C/B Papa died while my C G Dadd4 Girl Lady Edith was born Am7 C/B Both heads fell like C G Dadd4 Eyes on a crack in the door Am7 C/B And Sodom, South Georgia C G Dadd4 Slept on an acre of bones Am7 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
[Chorus]
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 C/B Am C/B White tongues hang out, "God is good" C C/B Am C/B (repeat during humming)