Like Father, Like Son (Papa's Song) Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[A]
[D][A][G][Em]
[A]

[Verse 1]
[D]Papa was
a [A]rolling [G]stone
But I [Em]wanna be a [A]cover of the rolling stone
Only if I [D]know that I can
[A]do it [G]alone[Em]
Only if I [A]know that I can do it alone.

[Verse 2]
[D]August [A]6th, 1981 I took my first breath
[G]They said I smi[Em]led and
cried until it was none left
[A]I guess I knew what I was
in for before hand
Miniature grown man ha.
[D]Third of three sons
Big [A]bird and squirt guns Aunt

[Verse 3]
[G]
Tammy dressed [Em]up as a clown
when I turned one
[A]Scared the s*** out of me
but thanks for trying
Sitting in my highchair throwing

[Verse 4]
cake and crying
[D]I remember everything,
[A]every single detail
[G]Clinging on [Em]daddy's leg like don't
leave I'll be good. I [A]promise
I'll do anything honest
But he had to go to work and bust
his a** for those dollars

[Verse 5]
Now [D]it all makes sense,
back [A]then I wasn't havin it
[G]Ob sessed [Em]with [heatin' it?] so
young and so admit
[A]Walking [Sir Castle] grade
school and baseball
And I learned that if I worked a little
that I could have it all

[Verse 6]
All of my [D]friend's had allowances,
[A]I had a paper route
[G]And when no [Em]one was looking
I threw the papers out
[A]I got caught, made dad furious
And if your gonna do
something do it right

[Verse 7]
That's what earnest is
[D]Papa was a [A]rolling [G]stone
But I [Em]wanna be a [A]cover of the rolling stone
Only if I [D]know that I can
[A]do it [G]alone[Em]
Only if I [A]know that I can do it [D]alone[A]

[Verse 8]
[A]Papa was a rolling stone,
working hard while I was [Em]home alone
This is some [A]Macaulay
Culkin s*** so bit
Little man had a plan and
had to follow through with it
But moms was [D]so inconsiderate,
illiterate?
Nope. I [A]read the dictionary daily

[Verse 9]
[G]
Give [Em]the gap the rap and set sailing
Step [A]moms get the poop end of
the stick nothing new to me
Don't act like my momma because my

[Verse 10]
dad bought you jewelery
[D]Oh [A]and time [coolery?] I sat
back
And watched [Em]pops play with women like chess,
check mate
Six [A]siblings, three different moms
Can you imagine seeing your paycheck

[Verse 11]
get broken down into fractions
[D]Papa was [A]a pimp, married four [G]time,
inde[Em]cisive, [G]trynna strike a gol[Em]d mine
[A]Sittin' in the truth of sand,
something like a forty nine
Up to the point where my chest
becomes a cold mine
[D]But when they come [A]and go,
I'll be here at the [G]bitter end
[Em]Just letting you know, I never

[Verse 12]
[A]
understood temptation
I guess we both got a little
David Rufus in us

[Verse 13]
Everybody sing it with us now
[D]Papa was a [A]rolling [G]stone
[A]But I wanna be [Em]a cover[A]
of the rolling stone
Only if I [D]know that I can [A]do it [G]alone[Em]
Only if [A]I know that I can do it [D]alone
[A]Papa

[Verse 14]
[D]was a rol[A]ling sto[G]ne
[Em]But I wanna be a c[A]over
of the rolling stone
Only if I [D]know that I can [A]do it [G]alone[Em]
Only if I [A]know that I can do it alone

[Outro 1]
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