{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":687899,"song":"Papa Was A Rollin Stone","artist":"The Temptations","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11581199-papa-was-a-rollin-stone-chords-by-the-temptations/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/687899?type=chord","rating":4.50842,"votes":144,"content":"...PAPA WAS A ROLLIN' STONE... by The Temptations\r\n------------------------------...................\r\n\r\n*from 'All Directions' (1972)*\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Bbm[/ch]                                                      \r\n It was the third of September; that day I'll always re-member, yes I will[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bbm[/ch]                               \r\n'Cos that was the day, that my daddy died.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\nI never got a chance to see him;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bbm[/ch]                        \r\nNever heard nothin' but bad things about him.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bbm[/ch]                                           \r\nMama, I'm depending on you, to tell me the truth.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\n(Spoken):   Mama just hung her head and said; son...[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Bbm[/ch]                                              \r\n Papa was a rollin' stone; [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\nwherever he laid his hat, was his home.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bbm[/ch]           \r\nAnd when he died, all he left us was alone.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bbm[/ch]                                              \r\n Papa was a rollin' stone, my son, yeah; [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\nwherever he laid his hat, was his home.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bbm[/ch]           \r\nAnd when he died, all he left us was alo-o-o-ne.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\nHey, Mama, is it true what they say that Papa never worked a day in his life?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\nAnd mama, some bad talk going around town saying that Papa had three outside children,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\nand another wife....and that ain't right[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\nHey, I heard 'em talk about Papa doin' some store-front preaching[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\nTalkin' about saving souls and all the time leeching,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\nDealing in dirt, and stealing in the name of the Lord[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\n(Spoken) And mama just hung her head and said:[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Bbm[/ch]                                              \r\n Papa was a rollin' stone, my son; [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\nwherever he laid his hat, was his home.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bbm[/ch]           \r\nAnd when he died, all he left us was alone.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bbm[/ch]                                              \r\nHey, Papa was a rollin' stone, naturally [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\nwherever he laid his hat, was his home.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bbm[/ch]           \r\nAnd when he died, all he left us was alo-o-o-ne.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Bbm[/ch]   \r\nHey, Mama, I heard Papa call himself a jack of all trades;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bbm[/ch]                                      \r\nTell me, is that what sent Papa to an early grave?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bbm[/ch]                                            \r\nFolks say Papa would beg borrow or steal to pay his bills.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\nHey, Mama, folks say Papa never was much on thinkin';[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bbm[/ch]                               \r\nSpend most of his time chasin' women and drinkin'[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bbm[/ch]                                           \r\nMama, I'm depending on you, to tell me the truth.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\n(Spoken) Mama looked up with a tear in her eye and said; \"son...[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Bbm[/ch]                                              \r\nPapa was a rollin' stone, my son; [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\nwherever he laid his hat, was his home.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bbm[/ch]           \r\nAnd when he died, all he left us was alone, 'lone, 'lone, 'lone alone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bbm[/ch]                                              \r\nPapa was a rollin' stone, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\nwherever he laid his hat, was his home.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bbm[/ch]           \r\nAnd when he died, all he left us was alone, I said..[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Bbm[/ch]                                              \r\nPapa was a rollin' stone,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\nwherever he laid his hat, was his home.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bbm[/ch]           \r\nAnd when he died, all he left us was alo-o-o-ne.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bbm[/ch]                                              \r\nHey, Papa was a rollin' stone, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\nwherever he laid his hat, was his home.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bbm[/ch]           \r\nPapa was a rolling stone[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental to fade]\r\n[ch]Bbm[/ch]","plain_text":"...PAPA WAS A ROLLIN' STONE... by The Temptations\n------------------------------...................\n\n*from 'All Directions' (1972)*\n\n[Intro]\nBbm\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nBbm\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nBbm\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental to fade]\nBbm","chords":["A","Bbm"]}