Key: Bb minor
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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It was the third of September
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That day I'll always remember,
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yes I will
'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
things about him
Momma I'm depending on you
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to tell me the truth
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Momma just hung her head and said, son
Verse 2
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Papa was a rolling stone
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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Papa was a rolling stone (my son,
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yeah)
Wherever he laid his hat was his home
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And when he died, all he left us was alone
Interlude 1
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Verse 3
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Hey Momma!
Is it true what they say that Papa nev
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er worked a day in his life
And Momma, some bad talk goin'
round town sayin' that
Papa had three outside children
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And another wife, 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 all
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the time leechin'
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Dealing in dirt, and stealing in
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the name of the Lord
Verse 4
Momma just hung her head and said
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Papa was a rolling stone
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(my son)
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 Papa was a rolling stone
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(dad gumma it)
Where ever he laid his hat was his home
And when he died,
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all he left us was alone
Interlude 2
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Verse 5
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Hey Momma
I heard Papa called himself
a jack-of-all-trades
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Tell Tell Tell 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
Hey Momma
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
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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
Verse 6
in 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,
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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Verse 7
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(I said) Papa was a rolling stone (yes he was,
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my son)
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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My daddy was
Papa was a rolling stone (yes he was,
yeah)
Wherever he laid his hat
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was his home
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