(intro)  ( Em D C ) 3x ( C7M Em )

Em              D/E
Papa?s faith is people,
D                  C    Em
Mama, she believes   in cleanin?.
Gm7/D         F/D            Gm7/D
       Papa?s faith is in peo- - -ple,
  F/D             Gm7/D  F/D          Gm7/D       F/D
Ma- -ma, she?s al- - - - - -ways clea- - - -nin?
     F
Papa brought home the sugar,
     Eb               Gm7/D
Mama taught me the dee- - -per meanin

F/D Gm7/D G9  G  C7M

Gm7/D               F/D
She   don?t like my kick-pleat skirt,
Eb                           Gm7/D           F/D ? Gm7/D ? F/D
   She don?t like my eyelids pain-ted green
Em7                       D/E            Em7                D/E
She don?t like me stayin? up  late in my high-heeled shoes,
                Em7          D/E         Em7
Livin? for that rock-n?-roll     dancin? scene.
D/E             D
    Papa says, ?Leave the girl alone mother,
C                         Em
  She?s lookin? like a Mo- - vie Queen.?

Gm7/D            F/D
Mama  thinks she spoilt me.
Eb                       Gm7/D         F/D ? Gm7/D ? F/D
   Papa knows somehow he set   me free
Em7                       D/E
Mama thinks she spoilt me rotten
    Em7            D/E
She blames herself
    Em7      D/E         Em7
But Papa, he     blesses me.
D/E        D
    It?s a rough road to travel, Mama
C                Em
Let go now, it?s    always called for me.

     Em               D/E
Some-times I get that feeling
      D                           C         Em
And I want to settle and raised a  child up with somebody.
Gm7/D    F/D                 Gm7/D
       I get that strong long- - -ing
      F/D     Gm7/D        F/D          Gm7/D           F/D
And I want to set- tle and raise a child     up with somebody
       F
But it passes like the summer
      Eb
I?m a wild seed again, let the wind carry me.

( Gm7/D  F/D ? Gm7/D  G9  G  C7M )