Like Father, Like Son (Papa's Song)
Like Father, Like Son (Papa's Song)

Like Father, Like Son (Papa's Song) easy guitar chords by Gym Class Heroes

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    Verse 1
    Papa 
    was 

    a 
    rolling 
    stone

    But I 
    wanna 
    be 
    a 
    cover 
    of 
    the 
    rolling 
    stone 

    Only 
    if I 
    know 
    that 
    I 
    can 

    do 
    it 
    alone 

    Only 
    if I 
    know 
    that 
    I 
    can 
    do 
    it 
    alone. 

    Verse 2
    August 
    6th, 1981 I took 
    my first 
    breath 

    They said I 
    smiled 
    and 

    cried 
    until it 
    was none 
    left 

    I guess 
    I knew what 
    I was 

    in 
    for 
    before 
    hand 

    Miniature 
    grown 
    man 
    ha. 

    Third 
    of three 
    sons 

    Big 
    bird 
    and squirt 
    guns 
    Aunt 
    Verse 3

    Tammy 
    dressed 
    up 
    as a clown 

    when 
    I turned 
    one 

    Scared 
    the 
    s*** out 
    of me 

    but 
    thanks 
    for trying 

    Sitting 
    in 
    my 
    highchair throwing 

    Verse 4
    cake 
    and crying 

    I 
    remember 
    everything, 

    every 
    single 
    detail 

    Clinging 
    on 
    daddy's 
    leg 
    like don't 

    leave 
    I'll be 
    good. 
    I 
    promise 

    I'll 
    do anything 
    honest 

    But 
    he had 
    to go 
    to work 
    and bust 

    his 
    a** for 
    those dollars 

    Verse 5
    Now 
    it all 
    makes sense, 

    back 
    then 
    I wasn't 
    havin 
    it 

    Ob
    sessed 
    with 
    [heatin' it?] so 

    young 
    and so 
    admit 

    Walking 
    [Sir Castle] grade 

    school 
    and baseball 

    And I learned 
    that if 
    I worked 
    a little 

    that I could 
    have 
    it all 

    Verse 6
    All of my 
    friend's 
    had 
    allowances, 

    I had 
    a paper 
    route 

    And when 
    no 
    one was 
    looking 

    I threw the 
    papers 
    out 

    I 
    got 
    caught, 
    made 
    dad 
    furious 

    And if 
    your gonna 
    do 

    something 
    do 
    it right 

    Verse 7
    That's 
    what earnest 
    is 

    Papa 
    was 
    a 
    rolling 
    stone

    But I 
    wanna 
    be 
    a 
    cover 
    of 
    the 
    rolling 
    stone 

    Only 
    if I 
    know 
    that 
    I 
    can 

    do 
    it 
    alone 

    Only 
    if I 
    know 
    that 
    I 
    can 
    do 
    it 
    alone 

    Verse 8
    Papa 
    was 
    a rolling 
    stone, 

    working 
    hard 
    while I was 
    home 
    alone 

    This is some 
    Macaulay 

    Culkin s*** so 
    bit 

    Little 
    man 
    had 
    a plan and 

    had to follow 
    through 
    with 
    it 

    But 
    moms 
    was 
    so inconsiderate, 

    illiterate? 

    Nope. 
    I 
    read 
    the dictionary 
    daily 
    Verse 9

    Give 
    the gap 
    the 
    rap 
    and set 
    sailing 

    Step 
    moms 
    get 
    the poop 
    end of 

    the stick 
    nothing 
    new 
    to me 

    Don't 
    act 
    like 
    my momma 
    because my 

    Verse 10
    dad 
    bought you 
    jewelery 

    Oh 
    and time 
    [coolery?] I sat 

    back 

    And watched 
    pops 
    play 
    with women 
    like chess, 

    check 
    mate 

    Six 
    siblings, 
    three different 
    moms 

    Can 
    you 
    imagine 
    seeing 
    your paycheck 

    Verse 11
    get broken 
    down 
    into fractions 

    Papa 
    was 
    a pimp, 
    married 
    four 
    time, 

    inde
    cisive, 
    trynna strike 
    a 
    gold 
    mine 

    Sittin' in 
    the truth 
    of sand, 

    something 
    like 
    a forty 
    nine 

    Up 
    to the point 
    where my chest 

    becomes 
    a cold 
    mine 

    But 
    when 
    they come 
    and go, 

    I'll 
    be here 
    at 
    the 
    bitter 
    end 

    Just letting 
    you know, 
    I never 
    Verse 12

    understood 
    temptation 

    I guess 
    we both 
    got 
    a little 

    David 
    Rufus 
    in 
    us 

    Verse 13
    Everybody 
    sing 
    it with 
    us now 

    Papa 
    was 
    a 
    rolling 
    stone

    But I 
    wanna 
    be 
    a 
    cover 

    of the 
    rolling 
    stone 

    Only 
    if I 
    know 
    that 
    I 
    can 
    do 
    it 
    alone 

    Only 
    if 
    I know 
    that 
    I 
    can 
    do 
    it 
    alone 

    Papa 
    Verse 14
    was 
    a 
    rolling 
    stone

    But 
    I wanna 
    be 
    a 
    cover 

    of 
    the 
    rolling 
    stone 

    Only 
    if I 
    know 
    that 
    I 
    can 
    do 
    it 
    alone 

    Only 
    if 
    I 
    know 
    that 
    I 
    can 
    do 
    it 
    alone 

    Outro 1








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