Chords for The Temptations - Papa Was a Rolling Stone - 1972
Tempo:
122.15 bpm
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Fm] [Gm] It was [Db] the 3rd of September, that day [Gm] I'll always [F] remember.
[Bbm] Yes I [Abm] will, [Bb] cause that [Eb] was the day that my daddy died.
I never got a chance to see him, [Fm] never heard nothing but bad [Bb] things about him.
Mama I'm depending [N] on you to tell me the truth.
Mama just hung her head and said, son.
Waffle [Bbm] Waffle Rolling stone, my son.
Wherever he laid [Eb] his hat, [Db] he was home when he died.
[Ebm] The [Bb] wolf was lone [Eb] now listen to me.
[G] Waffle Waffle Rolling [Bbm] stone, [Bb]
wherever he laid his [E] hat, he was home [Bbm]
when he died.
[Gm] The wolf was lone [Ab] [Db] now
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listen to me.
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[Fm] [Gm] It was [Db] the 3rd of September, that day [Gm] I'll always [F] remember.
[Bbm] Yes I [Abm] will, [Bb] cause that [Eb] was the day that my daddy died.
I never got a chance to see him, [Fm] never heard nothing but bad [Bb] things about him.
Mama I'm depending [N] on you to tell me the truth.
Mama just hung her head and said, son.
Waffle [Bbm] Waffle Rolling stone, my son.
Wherever he laid [Eb] his hat, [Db] he was home when he died.
[Ebm] The [Bb] wolf was lone [Eb] now listen to me.
[G] Waffle Waffle Rolling [Bbm] stone, [Bb]
wherever he laid his [E] hat, he was home [Bbm]
when he died.
[Gm] The wolf was lone [Ab] [Db] now
[Eb] [Bbm]
listen to me.
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[Fm] _ [Gm] It was [Db] the 3rd of September, _ _ _ that day [Gm] I'll always [F] remember. _
[Bbm] Yes I [Abm] will, [Bb] cause that [Eb] was the day _ that my daddy died.
_ I _ _ _ never got a chance to see him, _ _ [Fm] never heard nothing but bad [Bb] things about him.
Mama I'm depending [N] on you to tell me the truth.
_ Mama just hung her head and said, son. _
Waffle [Bbm] Waffle Rolling stone, my son.
Wherever he laid [Eb] his hat, [Db] he was home when he died.
_ _ [Ebm] The [Bb] wolf was lone _ _ [Eb] now listen to me.
[G] Waffle Waffle Rolling [Bbm] _ stone, [Bb]
wherever he laid his [E] hat, he was home [Bbm]
when he died.
_ _ _ [Gm] The wolf was lone _ _ [Ab] [Db] now _ _
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[Fm] _ [Gm] It was [Db] the 3rd of September, _ _ _ that day [Gm] I'll always [F] remember. _
[Bbm] Yes I [Abm] will, [Bb] cause that [Eb] was the day _ that my daddy died.
_ I _ _ _ never got a chance to see him, _ _ [Fm] never heard nothing but bad [Bb] things about him.
Mama I'm depending [N] on you to tell me the truth.
_ Mama just hung her head and said, son. _
Waffle [Bbm] Waffle Rolling stone, my son.
Wherever he laid [Eb] his hat, [Db] he was home when he died.
_ _ [Ebm] The [Bb] wolf was lone _ _ [Eb] now listen to me.
[G] Waffle Waffle Rolling [Bbm] _ stone, [Bb]
wherever he laid his [E] hat, he was home [Bbm]
when he died.
_ _ _ [Gm] The wolf was lone _ _ [Ab] [Db] now _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ listen to me.