Papa's Knee chords by
Jerry Reed
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Key: E major

Intro 1

Verse 1
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Rock -a -bye man,
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old Sunday chair
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Sang me a song,
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A A 
 
was a long time back there
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I sat on his lap, sure felt good to be
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Only a  child on my papa's
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knee
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Now papa would say a little off      -key
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But it filled me with feelings
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of sweet    harmony
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A A 
 
Now I'd like to get that old tune again
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Bm Bm 
 
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G G 
 
D D 
 
And rock to and fro in lullaby land
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Doo -doo -doo -doo -doo -doo -doo
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D D 
 
Papa would moan,
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G G 
 
what takes me back to my
D D 
 
childhood home?
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Doo -doo -doo -doo -doo -doo,
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D D 
 
sweet harmony,
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D D 
 
only a child on my       papa's knee.
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A A 
 
D D 
 
Bm Bm 
 
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D D 
 
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A A 
 
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D D 
 
Now sometimes alone,
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well I        reminisce
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Em Em 
 
Surrender my thoughts by
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the loved    ones I miss
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D D 
 
I was so young,  still my memory
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Won't let me forget
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G G 
 
D D 
 
how my papa got me
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Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo
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D D 
 
Papa would moan
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E E 
 
G G 
 
Em Em 
 
Oh, it takes me back to my childhood home
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Em Em 
 
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Do  -do -do -do -do -do -do
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D D 
 
Sweet harmony
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D D 
 
E E 
 
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Only a child on my       property

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