When Papa Played the Dobro chords by
Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs

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Key: C major•

Intro 1

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Verse 1

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My papa was a

hobo when they delivered me

Verse 2

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We didn't have a doctor cause

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he couldn't pay the fee

Verse 3

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But when the goin' got too

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bad to ease his misery

Verse 4

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Now papa played the dobro this way

Interlude 1

and he'd go

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Verse 5

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[ dobro ] When company

would come around

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he kept the dobro hid

Verse 6

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He knew he couldn't play the

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way the other players did

Verse 7

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But the guitar's resonator was

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a gallon bucket lid

Verse 8

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But papa played the dobro this way

Interlude 2

and he'd go

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Verse 9

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[ dobro ] Well now

that papa's gone away

it's hanging by the flue

Verse 10

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The top of it is busted and

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the strings are rusty too

Verse 11

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It will never sound the way it

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did when it was new

Verse 12

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When papa played the dobro this way

Interlude 3

and he'd go

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Verse 13

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[ dobro ] And he'd go

Outro 1

pam pam

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ChordsF G C

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