Chords for Lee Ritenour - Papa Was A Rolling Stone

Tempo:
123.4 bpm
Chords used:

Bbm

Eb

Db

Ab

Fm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Lee Ritenour - Papa Was A Rolling Stone chords
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This is Papa Was [Fm] a Rolling Stone.
[Bbm] [Ab]
[Bbm]
[Ab] [Bbm] [Fm]
[Bbm]
[Fm]
[Bbm]
[Eb] [Db]
100%  ➙  123BPM
Bbm
13421111
Eb
12341116
Db
12341114
Ab
134211114
Fm
123111111
Bbm
13421111
Eb
12341116
Db
12341114
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To learn Lisa Fischer, Chris Botti - Papa Was A Rollin Stone chords, grasp the musical fabric of the song with this sequence - Db, Eb, Bbm, Db, Eb, Db and Bbm of chords. To master the tempo, it's wise to start at 61 BPM before aiming for the song's 123 BPM. Given the song's key of Bb Minor, adjust the capo to align with your vocal range and chord preference.

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_ _ This is Papa Was [Fm] a Rolling Stone.
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Yeah, [Fm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bbm] _
yeah, _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Bbm] _
_ _ _ yeah. _ _ _
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_ Yeah, [Db] _ [Cm] yeah, yeah.
[Bbm] _
Whatever he lays, half [Fm] of [Cm] it's gone.
[Bbm] And then he fell _ [Db] to death,
this [Bbm] was a long, long, _ _ _ [Db] long_
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_ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Is _ _ _ [Db]
it true what they say,
that [Eb] Papa never worked [Bbm] a day in his life?
_ [Ab] Saying [Bbm]
Papa had three outside children
[Db] and an upside.
[Bbm] _
_ That ain't right. _ _
Talk [Db] about Papa doing some storefront [Eb] preaching.
[Bbm]
Talk about [Db] saving souls and all the time [Gm] leeching.
[Bbm] Stealing and dirt, stealing in the [Eb] name of the _ Lord.
[Fm] _ [Eb] Ooh [Db] yeah, Papa was a rolling stone.
[Ab] Yeah, [Bbm] _
wherever he laid his hat was [Cm] his home.
[Bbm] And when he died, all [Db] they left was a lull.
_ _ _ _ Yeah, Papa was a rolling stone.
[Cm] _ [Bbm] Yeah, wherever he laid his hat was [Ab] his home.
[Bbm] And when he died, all [Db] they left was [Bbm] a lull.
_ _ Whoa, [Eb] whoa, whoa.
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_ [Db] _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] [Bbm] He was portrayed [N] _ _ _ _ _
as someone [Eb] sympathetic to an early grave.
Folks said Papa would beg, borrow, and steal just to pay the bill.
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Folks said Papa was never much on [Eb] thinking.
[Bb]
Spent most of his time chasing women [Bbm] and drinking.
Mama, I'm [Db] depending on you to [Bb] tell me the truth.
_ [E] _ [Fm] _ _ [Eb] Ooh [Bbm] yeah, Papa was a rolling _ [Cm] stone.
[Bbm] Yeah, wherever he laid his hat [Eb] was his home.
[Bbm] And when he died, all they [Db] left [Bbm] was a lull.
_ [Db] _ Left us alone, yeah.
Papa was a rolling [Bbm] stone.
[Eb] Yeah, yeah, [Bbm] _
wherever he laid his hat was his [Ab] [Bbm] home.
And when he died, _ [Db] all [Bbm] they left was a lull.
_ Yeah. _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ Papa [Eb] _ [Db] _
was a rolling stone.
_ [Eb] [Bbm] Yeah, wherever he laid his [Ab] hat was his home.
[Bbm] And when he died, all they left was a lull.
_ [Ab] Left us [Bbm] alone, yeah.
Papa was a rolling stone.
[Eb] Yeah, [Bbm] yeah, wherever he laid his hat [Eb] was his [Cm] home.
[Bbm] And when he died, _ all they [Db] left [Bbm] was a lull.
_ _ [Db] Yeah. _ _ _
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Yeah.
Papa was a rolling stone.
[Cm] Yeah.
[Bbm] _
Wherever he laid his hat was his [Cm] home.
[Bbm]
And when he died, _ [Db] he was in death, but he [Eb] wasn't alone.
_ Singing in one voice, [Db] ha!
He was a full stone, [Eb] yeah.
[Bbm] _
Forever he lay in his hat, but his [Ab] home,
[Bbm] _
_ _ _ _ [Db] in death, [Bbm] but he wasn't alone.
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_ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Chris Bonney, _ _ _ Grady Harrell, King Hathaway, _ Oscar Seaton. _ _ _
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Facts about this song

This song was penned by Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield.

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