Papa Was a Rollin' Stone chords by The Black Crowes

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Intro 1
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It was the third of September

Verse 1
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That day I'll always remember,
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yes I will
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'Cause that was the day
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that my daddy died
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I never got a chance to see him
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Never heard nothin' but bad
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things about him
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Momma I'm depending on you
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to tell me the truth
Momma just hung her head and said, son
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Papa was a rolling stone
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Wherever he laid his hat was his home
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And when he died,
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all he left us was alone
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Papa was a rolling stone (my son,
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yeah)
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Wherever he laid his hat was his home
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And when he died, all he left us was alone
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Hey Momma!
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Is it true what they say that Papa never
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worked a day in his life
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And Momma, some bad talk goin'
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round town sayin' that
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Papa had three outside children
And another wife,
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and that ain't right
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Heard some talk Papa doing some
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storefront preachin'
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Talking about saving souls and
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all the time leechin'
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Dealing in dirt,
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and stealing in the name of the Lord
Momma just hung her head and said
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Papa was a rolling stone
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(my son)
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Wherever he laid his hat was his home
And when he died,
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all he left us was alone
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Hey Papa was a rolling stone
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(dad gumma it)
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Where ever he laid his hat was his home
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And when he died, all he left us was alone
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Hey Momma
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I  heard Papa called him
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self a jack- of- all- trades
Tell me is that what sent
Papa to an early grave
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Folks say Papa would beg,
borrow, steal
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To pay his bills
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Hey Momma
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Folks say Papa never was
much on thinking
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Spent most of his time chasing
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women and drinking
Momma I'm depending on you
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to tell me the truth
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Momma looked up with a tear in
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her eye and said, son
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Papa was a rolling stone (well,
well, well, well)
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Wherever he laid his hat was his home
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And when he died, all he left us was alone (lone,
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lone, lone, alone)
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Papa was a rolling stone
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Wherever he laid his hat was his home
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And when he died,
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all he left us was alone
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Wherever he laid his hat was his home
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And when he died,
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all he left us was alone
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My daddy
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was
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Papa was a  rolling
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stone (yes he was, yeah)
Wherever he laid his hat
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was his home)