Chords for Lee Ritenour - Papa Was A Rolling Stone
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This is Papa Was [Fm] a Rolling Stone.
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_ _ This is Papa Was [Fm] a Rolling Stone.
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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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it true what they say,
that [Eb] Papa never worked [Bbm] a day in his life?
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Papa had three outside children
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_ That ain't right. _ _
Talk [Db] about Papa doing some storefront [Eb] preaching.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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wherever he laid his hat was his [Ab] [Bbm] home.
And when he died, _ [Db] all [Bbm] they left was a lull.
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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.
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Yeah.
Papa was a rolling stone.
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Wherever he laid his hat was his [Cm] home.
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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.
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Forever he lay in his hat, but his [Ab] home,
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_ _ _ _ [Db] in death, [Bbm] but he wasn't alone.
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_ _ _ _ _ Chris Bonney, _ _ _ Grady Harrell, King Hathaway, _ Oscar Seaton. _ _ _
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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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it true what they say,
that [Eb] Papa never worked [Bbm] a day in his life?
_ [Ab] Saying [Bbm]
Papa had three outside children
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_ That ain't right. _ _
Talk [Db] about Papa doing some storefront [Eb] preaching.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Yeah.
Papa was a rolling stone.
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Wherever he laid his hat was his [Cm] home.
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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.
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Forever he lay in his hat, but his [Ab] home,
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_ _ _ _ [Db] in death, [Bbm] but he wasn't alone.
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_ _ _ _ _ Chris Bonney, _ _ _ Grady Harrell, King Hathaway, _ Oscar Seaton. _ _ _
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