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Papa Was A Rollin' Stone chords by 
The Temptations 
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Key: Bb minor•BPM: 122
Intro 1
Am
C
Am
C
Am
C
Am
C
Am
C
Am
Verse 1
Am
It was the third of September
C
Am
That day I'll always remember,
C
Am
yes I will
'Cause that was the day
C
Am
that my daddy died
C
I never got a chance to see him
Am
Never heard nothin' but bad
things about him
Momma I'm depending on you
C
Am
to tell me the truth
C
Am
Momma just hung her head and said, son
Verse 2
Am
C
Am
Papa was a rolling stone
Wherever he laid his hat was his home
And when he died,
C
Am
D
C
Am
all he left us was alone
C
Papa was a rolling stone (my son,
Am
yeah)
Wherever he laid his hat was his home
C
Am
And when he died, all he left us was alone
Interlude 1
C
Am
C
Am
C
Am
C
Am
Verse 3
Am
Hey Momma!
Is it true what they say that Papa nev
C
Am
er worked a day in his life
And Momma, some bad talk goin'
round town sayin' that
Papa had three outside children
C
And another wife, and that ain't right
Am
Heard some talk Papa doing some
C
Am
storefront preachin'
C
Talking about saving souls and all
Am
the time leechin'
C
Dealing in dirt, and stealing in
Am
the name of the Lord
Verse 4
Momma just hung her head and said
Am
C
Papa was a rolling stone
Am
(my son)
Wherever he laid his hat was his home
C
Am
And when he died, all he left us was alone
C
Hey Papa was a rolling stone
Am
(dad gumma it)
Where ever he laid his hat was his home
And when he died,
C
Am
all he left us was alone
Interlude 2
C
Am
Verse 5
Am
Hey Momma
I heard Papa called himself
a jack-of-all-trades
C
Am
Tell Tell Tell Tell me is that what
sent Papa to an early grave
C
Folks say Papa would beg, borrow, steal
Am
To pay his bills
Hey Momma
Folks say Papa never was
much on thinking
C
Spent most of his time chasing
Am
women and drinking
C
Momma I'm depending on you
Am
C
to tell me the truth
Am
Momma looked up with a tear
Verse 6
in her eye and said, son
Am
C
Papa was a rolling stone (well,
well, well, well)
Am
C
Am
Wherever he laid his hat was his home
C
Am
C
Am
And when he died, all he left us was alone (lone,
lone, lone, alone)
C
Papa was a rolling stone
Am
C
Wherever he laid his hat was his home
Am
And when he died,
C
all he left us was alone
Am
C
Verse 7
Am
(I said) Papa was a rolling stone (yes he was,
C
Am
my son)
Wherever he laid his hat was his home
C
Am
And when he died, all he left us was alone
C
Am
My daddy was
Papa was a rolling stone (yes he was,
yeah)
Wherever he laid his hat
Outro 1
was his home
Am
C
Am
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