...PAPA WAS A ROLLING STONE... by The Temptations
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*from 'All Directions' (1972)*


Verse 1:

Em (022000@1)It was the,
Third of September; 
That day I'll,
          AmAlways (x02210@1)re-member,
'Cos that was the day,
              EmThat (022000@1)my daddy died.

Em (022000@1)I never got a,
Chance to see him;
Never heard nothin' but,
Am (x02210@1)Bad things about him.
Mama I'm depending on you;
               EmTo (022000@1)tell me the truth.

Chorus 1:

(Spoken):
 Mama just hung her head,
And said, "Son...

Em (022000@1)Papa was a,
Rollin' stone;
Wherever he,
         AmLaid (x02210@1)his hat,
Was his home.
    EmAnd (022000@1)when his died;
Am (x02210@1)All he left us,
      EmWas (022000@1)a-lone."

Verse 2:

             EmHey, (022000@1)mama, I heard Papa,
Call himself,
A jack of all trades;
Tell me, is that,
What sent Papa.
      AmTo (x02210@1)an early grave?
Folks say Papa,
Would beg,
Borrow or steal,
   EmTo (022000@1)pay his bills.
Hey, Mama, folks say;
Papa was never,
Much on thinkin';
Spend most of his time,
        AmChasin' (x02210@1)women and drinkin'!
Mama I'm depending on you;
               EmTo (022000@1)tell me the truth.

Chorus 2:

(Spoken):
 Mama just hung her head,
And said, "Son...

Em (022000@1)Papa was a,
Rollin' stone;
Wherever he,
         AmLaid (x02210@1)his hat,
Was his home.
    EmAnd (022000@1)when his died;
Am (x02210@1)All he left us,
      EmWas (022000@1)a-lone."

(Repeat to Fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   Em (022000@1)    Am (x02210@1) EADGBE  EADGBE
 022000  x02210


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