(intro)  ( E5 D5 C5 ) 3x ( C5 E5 )

E5              D5
Papa?s faith is people,
D5                  C5    E5
Mama, she believes   in cleanin?.
G5         F5            G5
       Papa?s faith is in peo- - -ple,
  F5             G5  F5          G5       F5
Ma- -ma, she?s al- - - - - -ways clea- - - -nin?
     F5
Papa brought home the sugar,
     Eb5               G5
Mama taught me the dee- - -per meanin

F5 G5 G5  G5  C5

G5               F5
She   don?t like my kick-pleat skirt,
Eb5                           G5           F5 ? G5 ? F5
   She don?t like my eyelids pain-ted green
E5                       D5            E5                D5
She don?t like me stayin? up  late in my high-heeled shoes,
                E5          D5         E5
Livin? for that rock-n?-roll     dancin? scene.
D5             D5
    Papa says, ?Leave the girl alone mother,
C5                         E5
  She?s lookin? like a Mo- - vie Queen.?

G5            F5
Mama  thinks she spoilt me.
Eb5                       G5         F5 ? G5 ? F5
   Papa knows somehow he set   me free
E5                       D5
Mama thinks she spoilt me rotten
    E5            D5
She blames herself
    E5      D5         E5
But Papa, he     blesses me.
D5        D5
    It?s a rough road to travel, Mama
C5                E5
Let go now, it?s    always called for me.

     E5               D5
Some-times I get that feeling
      D5                           C5         E5
And I want to settle and raised a  child up with somebody.
G5    F5                 G5
       I get that strong long- - -ing
      F5     G5        F5          G5           F5
And I want to set- tle and raise a child     up with somebody
       F5
But it passes like the summer
      Eb5
I?m a wild seed again, let the wind carry me.

( G5  F5 ? G5  G5  G5  C5 )