Papa Was A Rollin' Stone chords by The Temptations
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Intro 1
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Verse 1
It was the third of September (A minor)
That (C major) day I'll always (A minor) remember,
yes (C major) I (A minor) will
'Cause that was the day
that (C major) my daddy died (A minor)
I never got a chance to see him (C major)
(A minor) Never heard nothin' but bad
things about him
Momma I'm depending on you
to (C major) (A minor) tell me the truth
Momma (C major) just hung (A minor) her head and said, son
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Verse 2
(A minor) Papa was a rolling stone (C major) (A minor)
Wherever he laid his hat was his home
And when he died,
all he (C major) left us (A minor) was alone (D major) (C major) (A minor)
Papa was a rolling stone (my son, (C major)
(A minor) yeah)
Wherever he laid his hat was his home
And when he died, all he (C major) left us (A minor) was alone
Interlude 1
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Verse 3
Hey Momma! (A minor)
Is it true what they say that Papa nev
(C major) er worked a day (A minor) in his life
And Momma, some bad talk goin'
round town sayin' that
Papa had three outside children
And another wife, and that (C major) ain't right
(A minor) Heard some talk Papa doing some
(C major) storefront (A minor) preachin'
Talking about saving souls (C major) and all
the time (A minor) leechin'
Dealing in dirt, and stealing (C major) in
the name of the Lord (A minor)
Verse 4
Momma just hung her head and said
(A minor) Papa was a rolling stone (C major)
(A minor) (my son)
Wherever he laid his hat was his home
And when he died, all (C major) he left (A minor) us was alone
Hey Papa was a rolling stone (C major)
(A minor) (dad gumma it)
Where ever he laid his hat was his home
And when he died,
all (C major) he left us (A minor) was alone
Interlude 2
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Verse 5
Hey Momma (A minor)
I heard Papa called himself
a jack-of-all-trades
(C major) Tell Tell Tell (A minor) Tell me is that what
sent Papa to an early grave
Folks say Papa would beg, borrow, (C major) steal
(A minor) To pay his bills
Hey Momma
Folks say Papa never was
much on thinking
Spent most of his time (C major) chasing
women (A minor) and drinking
Momma I'm depending (C major) on you
to tell me the truth (A minor) (C major)
Momma looked up with (A minor) a tear
Verse 6
in her eye and said, son
(A minor) Papa was a rolling stone (well, (C major)
well, well, well)
(A minor) Wherever (C major) he laid his hat was his home (A minor)
(C major) And (A minor) when he died, (C major) all he left us (A minor) was alone (lone,
lone, lone, alone)
Papa was a rolling (C major) stone
(A minor) Wherever he laid his hat was his home (C major)
And (A minor) when he died,
all (C major) he left us was alone
(A minor) (C major)
Verse 7
(A minor) (I said) Papa was a rolling stone (yes he was,
(C major) my (A minor) son)
Wherever he laid his hat was his home
And when he died, all (C major) he left us was alone (A minor)
(C major) My (A minor) daddy was
Papa was a rolling stone (yes he was,
yeah)
Wherever he laid his hat
Outro 1
was his home
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Papa Was A Rollin' Stone
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