Papa Was A Rolling Stone chords by Dynamo's Rhythm Aces

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Intro 1

I've

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got a story to tell you,
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it's gonna break your heart.
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It was the third of September,
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a   day he'll always remember.
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Cause that was the day my
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daddy died.
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Now, I never got a   chance to see him,
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never heard nothing but
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bad things about him.
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He Mama, I'm relying on you,
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just tell me the truth.
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She looked me in the eye
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and she said, Son,
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Papa was a rolling stone.
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Wherever he left his hat was his home,
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and when he died,
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all he left was what's known.
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Now is it true what they say
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that Papa never  worked
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a  day in his life?
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And Mama, some bad talk
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goin' round town sayin'
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Papa had three outside children
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and another wife.
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I heard some talk about
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some storefront preachin',
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savin'      our souls and
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all the time leechin',
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daily the third,
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just feelin' in the name of the Lord.
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My mama looked at  me
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and said, son, Papa was a rolling
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stone.
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Wherever he laid his hat was his home.
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When he died,
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all that he left was alone.
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Listen to me.
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Papa was a rolling stone.
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Yes, he was.
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Wherever he laid his hat
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was his home.
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When he died,
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all that he left was alone.
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Hey mama, I heard papa call him
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self a jack of all trades,
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tell me is that what sent
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him to an early grave?
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Now folks are saying
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papa was big borrowing steel
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just to pay his bills.
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Hey mama, folks say that papa was never
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much of one for thinking,
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too busy chasing all the
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women and drinking.
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So mama, I'm depending on you
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to tell me the truth.
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She just looks at me
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with her big brown eyes
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and said Papa was a
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rolling stone
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Wherever he laid his
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hat was his home
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When he died, all he left was his
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home
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That's why my mama said
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Papa was a rolling stone
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Wherever he  laid
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his hat was his home
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When he died,
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all that he left was his home
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Tell me, Mama
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Papa was a rolling stone
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Yes, he  was
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Where the heel of his
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hat was his home
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When he died,
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all he left was his home
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Mama, tell me the truth now
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Papa was a rolling stone
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Yeah
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Where the heel of his
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hat was his home
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When he died,
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all he left was a bone
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Please say it ain't true
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Papa was a rolling stone
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Wherever he led his life was his home
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When he died,
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all he left was a bone
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Everybody knows it
Papa was a rolling stone