The Temptations - Papa Was a Rolling Stone

      
 
 ...PAPA WAS A ROLLING STONE... by The Temptations

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 *from 'All Directions' (1972)*
 
 Verse 1:
 
 Em                             
  It was the third of September;
                         Am     
 That day I'll always re-member,
                                     Em   
 'Cos that was the day that my daddy died.
 
 Em                               
  I never got a chance to see him;
 Never heard nothin' but,
 Am                    
  Bad things about him.
 Mama I'm depending on you;
                Em    
 To tell me the truth.
 
 Chorus 1:
 
 (Spoken):
 Mama just hung her head and said, "Son...
 
 Em                        
  Papa was a rollin' stone;
                      Am                
 Wherever he laid his hat, was his home.
     Em            
 And when his died;
 Am                    Em    
  All he left us was a-lone."
 
 Verse 2:
 
              Em         
 Hey, mama, I heard Papa,
 Call himself a jack of all trades;
 Tell me, is that what sent Papa,
       Am          
 To an early grave?
 Folks say Papa would beg,
                    Em            
 Borrow or steal to pay his bills.
 Hey, Mama, folks say;
 Papa was never much on thinkin';
 Spend most of his time,
         Am                 
 Chasin' women and drinkin'!
 Mama I'm depending on you;
                Em    
 To tell me the truth.
 
 Chorus 2:
 
 (Spoken):
 Mama just hung her head and said, "Son...
 
 Em                        
  Papa was a rollin' stone;
                      Am                
 Wherever he laid his hat, was his home.
     Em            
 And when his died;
 Am                    Em    
  All he left us was a-lone."
 
 (Repeat to Fade)
 
 CHORD DIAGRAMS:

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 Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005
 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)