Iron & Wine – Sodom South Georgia (Ukulele)

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Hm9no5/D (2254) Em7 (0202) G/B (0230) G (0232) D (2220) Bm (4222) [Intro] Hm9no5/D Em7 G/B G D (x2) Hm9no5/D [Verse 1]
          Em7      G/B
Papa died smiling

 G                     D    Hm9no5/D
Wide as the ring of a bell 

                Em7     G/B
Gone all star white 

 G                   D     Hm9no5/D
Small as a wish in a well 

                 Em7      G/B
And Sodom, South Georgia 

 G                       D   Hm9no5/D
Woke like a tree full of bees 

            Em7    G/B
Buried in Christmas 

  G                   D     Bm     
Bows and a blanket of weeds 
[Chorus]
            D          G   G/B   Em7     Bm
Papa died Sunday and I   understood

           D         G   G/B      Em7    Bm
All dead white boys say, "God is good" 

               D         G  G/B  Em7        
White tongues hang out, "God is good" 
[Humming]
G            D          Em7
Ahhh ah      ha ah      aha aha   (x2)     
D Hm9no5/D [Verse 2]
          Em7      G/B  
Papa died while my 

 G                  D    Hm9no5/D
Girl Lady Edith was born 

            Em7     G/B
Both heads fell like 

 G                     D    Hm9no5/D
Eyes on a crack in the door 

                 Em7     G/B
And Sodom, South Georgia 

 G                  D      Hm9no5/D
Slept on an acre of bones 

              Em7       G/B
Slept through Christmas 

 G                     D       Bm  
Slept like a bucket of snow 
[Chorus]
            D          G   G/B   Em7     Bm
Papa died Sunday and I   understood

           D         G   G/B      Em7    Bm
All dead white boys say, "God is good" 

               D         G  G/B  Em7        
White tongues hang out, "God is good" 
[Humming]
G            D          Em7
Ahhh ah      ha ah      aha aha   (x2)     
End on D