Chords for Papa Was A Rolling Stone

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_ _ _ _ It [F] was the 3rd of September, _ _ [Db] that day I'll [F] always remember, _ yes I will, _ cause that was
the day _ [Db] my daddy [Bb] died.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ I [Db] never got a chance to see him, _ [Ab] _
[Bbm] never heard nothing [F] but bad things
about him.
[Bbm] Mama I'm depending [Db] on you to [Eb] tell me [Bbm] the truth.
[Eb] _ Mama just hung her head and
said, my old nose and broken [Db] stomach.
Yeah, yeah, [Ab] yeah.
[Bbm] _ Whatever he lays had [Ab] was his heart.
[Bbm] When he died, his neck was losing bone. _ _ _ _ _
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Is it true what they say that papa [Gm] never worked
[Bbm] a day in his life? _ _
Saying papa had three outside children and [Db] another [Bbm] son.
_ That ain't right. _ _
Talk about papa doing some storefront [Eb] preaching.
[Bbm] Talk about saving souls and all the time leeching.
[Bb] Stealing and dirt, stealing in the [Ab] name of [Eb] the _ _ Lord.
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[Bbm] My uncle was a [Ab] rolling stone.
Yeah.
_ Wherever he laid his hat was his home.
And when he died, my uncle [Db] didn't live cause he wasn't alone.
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My uncle was a rolling stone.
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_ Wherever he laid his hat was his home.
And when he died, my uncle didn't [Db] live cause he wasn't _ alone. _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ [Db] _ Simple [Ab]
[Bb] trades, his head was in pearly _ _ gray.
Folks said papa would beg, borrow and [Ab] steal [Bb] just to pay the _ bill.
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_ Folks said papa was never much on [F] thinking.
[Bb] Spent most of his time chasing women and drinking.
[Bbm] Mama, I'm depending on [Db] you [F] to tell [Bb] me the _ _ truth.
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[Bbm] Papa was a rolling _ [Cm] stone.
[Bbm] Yeah.
Wherever he laid his hat was his home.
And when he died, my uncle didn't [Db] live [Fm] cause he wasn't alone.
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[Db] Papa was a rolling stone.
[Ab] Yeah.
[Bbm] _ Wherever he laid his hat [Ab] was his [Bbm] home.
And when he _ [Ab] died, [Bbm] my uncle didn't live _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _
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_ _ wasn't alone.
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_ Yeah.
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[Db] Papa was a rolling stone.
[Eb] Yeah.
_ [Bbm] Wherever he laid his hat was [Eb] his home.
[Bbm] And when he died, my uncle didn't live cause he wasn't [Eb] alone.
_ Sing it everyone! _
[Db] Papa was a rolling stone.
[Ab] Yeah.
[Bbm] _ Wherever he laid his hat was his [Ab] home.
_ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ [Db] And when he died, my uncle didn't live cause he wasn't alone.
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