Papa Was A Rollin' Stone
Papa Was A Rollin' Stone

Papa Was A Rollin' Stone easy guitar chords by The Temptations

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    • Intro 1







    Verse 1
    It 
    was 
    the 
    third 
    of 
    September 

    That 
    day 
    I'll 
    always 
    remember, 

    yes 
    I 
    will 

    'Cause 
    that 
    was 
    the 
    day 

    that 
    my 
    daddy 
    died 

    I never 
    got 
    a chance 
    to see 
    him 

    Never 
    heard 
    nothin' 
    but 
    bad 

    things 
    about 
    him 

    Momma 
    I'm 
    depending 
    on 
    you 

    to 
    tell 
    me 
    the 
    truth 

    Momma 
    just 
    hung 
    her head 
    and 
    said, 
    son 

    Verse 2
    Papa 
    was 
    a rolling 
    stone 

    Wherever 
    he 
    laid 
    his 
    hat 
    was 
    his 
    home 

    And 
    when 
    he 
    died, 

    all 
    he 
    left 
    us 
    was 
    alone 

    Papa 
    was 
    a 
    rolling 
    stone 
    (my son, 

    yeah) 

    Wherever 
    he 
    laid 
    his 
    hat 
    was 
    his 
    home 

    And 
    when 
    he 
    died, 
    all 
    he 
    left 
    us 
    was 
    alone 

    Interlude 1




    Verse 3
    Hey 
    Momma! 

    Is it 
    true 
    what 
    they say 
    that 
    Papa 
    nev

    er worked 
    a day 
    in 
    his 
    life 

    And 
    Momma, 
    some 
    bad 
    talk 
    goin' 

    round 
    town 
    sayin' 
    that 

    Papa 
    had 
    three 
    outside 
    children 

    And 
    another 
    wife, 
    and that 
    ain't 
    right 

    Heard 
    some 
    talk 
    Papa 
    doing 
    some 

    storefront 
    preachin' 

    Talking about 
    saving 
    souls 
    and all 

    the 
    time 
    leechin' 

    Dealing 
    in 
    dirt, 
    and 
    stealing 
    in 

    the name 
    of 
    the 
    Lord 

    Verse 4
    Momma 
    just 
    hung 
    her head 
    and 
    said 

    Papa 
    was 
    a 
    rolling 
    stone 

    (my son) 

    Wherever 
    he 
    laid 
    his 
    hat 
    was 
    his 
    home 

    And 
    when 
    he died, 
    all 
    he left 
    us was 
    alone 

    Hey 
    Papa 
    was 
    a 
    rolling 
    stone 

    (dad gumma it) 

    Where ever 
    he 
    laid 
    his 
    hat 
    was 
    his 
    home 

    And 
    when 
    he 
    died, 

    all 
    he 
    left 
    us 
    was 
    alone 

    Interlude 2


    Verse 5
    Hey 
    Momma 

    I heard 
    Papa 
    called 
    himself 

    a jack-of-all-trades 

    Tell Tell 
    Tell 
    Tell 
    me 
    is 
    that 
    what 

    sent 
    Papa 
    to 
    an early 
    grave 

    Folks 
    say 
    Papa 
    would 
    beg, 
    borrow, 
    steal 

    To 
    pay 
    his 
    bills 

    Hey 
    Momma 

    Folks 
    say Papa 
    never 
    was 

    much 
    on 
    thinking 

    Spent 
    most 
    of his 
    time 
    chasing 

    women 
    and 
    drinking 

    Momma 
    I'm depending 
    on 
    you 

    to 
    tell 
    me 
    the 
    truth 

    Momma 
    looked 
    up with 
    a tear 

    Verse 6
    in 
    her eye and 
    said, 
    son 

    Papa 
    was 
    a 
    rolling 
    stone 
    (well, 

    well, well, well) 

    Wherever 
    he laid 
    his 
    hat 
    was 
    his 
    home 

    And 
    when 
    he 
    died, 
    all 
    he 
    left 
    us 
    was 
    alone 
    (lone, 

    lone, lone, 
    alone) 

    Papa 
    was 
    a 
    rolling 
    stone

    Wherever 
    he 
    laid 
    his 
    hat 
    was 
    his 
    home 

    And 
    when 
    he 
    died, 

    all 
    he 
    left 
    us 
    was 
    alone 


    Verse 7
    (I said) Papa 
    was 
    a 
    rolling 
    stone (yes he 
    was, 

    my 
    son) 

    Wherever 
    he 
    laid 
    his 
    hat 
    was 
    his 
    home 

    And 
    when 
    he 
    died, 
    all 
    he 
    left 
    us was 
    alone 

    My 
    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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