| intro | Asus4 Em7 D/F# G D |
| Papa died smiling | Asus4 Em7 D/F# | |
| Wide as the ring of a bell | G D | |
| Gone all star white | Asus4 Em7 D/F# | |
| Small as a wish in a well | G D | |
| And Sodom, South Georgia | Asus4 Em7 D/F# | |
| Woke like a tree full of bees | G D | |
| Buried in Christmas | Asus4 Em7 D/F# | |
| Bows and a blanket of weeds | G D D/C# |
| Papa died Sunday and I understood | Bm A/C# D G G/F# Em7 | |
| All dead white boys say, "God is good" | Bm A/C# D G G/F# Em7 | |
| White tongues hang out, "God is good" | G/F# G G/F# Em7 |
| instrumental | G/F# G G/F# Em7 | ||
| instrumental | G/F# G G/F# Em7 D |
| Papa died while my | Asus4 Em7 D/F# | |
| Girl Lady Edith was born | G D | |
| Both heads fell like | Asus4 Em7 D/F# | |
| Eyes on a crack in the door | G D | |
| And Sodom, South Georgia | Asus4 Em7 D/F# | |
| Slept on an acre of bones | G D | |
| Slept through Christmas | Asus4 Em7 D/F# | |
| Slept like a bucket of snow | G D D/C# |
| Papa died Sunday and I understood | Bm A/C# D G G/F# Em7 | |
| All dead white boys say, "God is good" | Bm A/C# D G G/F# Em7 | |
| White tongues hang out, "God is good" | G/F# G G/F# Em7 |
| instrumental | G/F# G G/F# Em7 | ||
| instrumental | G/F# G G/F# Em7 D |