Papa Was A Rolling Stone Chords

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[Intro 1]
[Am][G][F][G][Am][C][Gm][Am]
[G][F]
[C]
[Dm]I've

[Verse 1]
[C]got [Am]a story to tell you,
[G]it's gonna break your [Dm]heart.
[C][Gm][Am][G][F#dim][Am]
It was the third of September,
[Gm]a day he'll al[Am]ways rem[F]ember.[E]
[Dm]Cause [Am]that was the [G#dim]day my[G]
[Gm]dadd[C]y died[Gm].[C][Am][Gm]
[F]Now, [Dm]I never g[F]ot a cha[Dm]nce to see him[Eb],
[Adim]
never heard noth[D]ing but
[Am]bad things about him.
He Mama, [C]I'm re[Am]lying [G#dim]on you,[G]
[Gm]just tell [F]me the t[C]ruth.
[Am]She looked me in t[G]he eye
and she [Dm]said, [E]Son,
[Dm]Papa[Am] was a[C] rolli[Am]ng stone.[G][F][G][Dm]
[C]Wherever [Gm]he le[Am]ft his hat was hi[C]s ho[F]me,[C]
[Dm]and when[Am] he died,
[G]all he lef[F]t was wha[Dm]t's kno[C]wn.[Am][G]
[Dm]Now [Am]is it tr[C]ue what they say
[G]that Papa nev[Gm]er worked
[C]a d[Gm]ay in his l[C]ife?[Am]
And [Dm]Mama, [G]som[Dm]e bad[Am] talk
goin' round town [G]sayin'
Papa had [Gm]three outside [F]children
[C]an d another [F]wife.[G][F]
[Dm]I heard some talk abou[D]t
some [Adim]storefront preachin',
[F]savin'[Ebdim] our souls an[Dm]d[D]
[Dm]all the time l[Am]eechin',
[C]daily the [Am]third,
[Bb]just [Gm]feelin' in the [C]name of [F]the Lord.
[Am]My m[Edim]ama look[Am]ed a[Bb]t me[Gm]
and [Dm]said, [G]son, [F]Pap[C]a was a rol[Am]ling
[G#]stone[G] .[C][Dm]
[C]Wherever [Am]he laid his hat was h[G]is home.[Em]
[Dm]When[Am] he died,
[G]all that he lef[Em]t was alo[Dm]ne.[C]
[G]Listen to me.[F]
[Am]Papa was a rolling stone[G].
[Gm]Yes,[C] he was.[Dm]
[C]Whe[Eb]rever he [Am]laid his h[Gm]at
[G]was his home.
[Dm]When[C] he died[Bb],
[Am]all [G#]that [G]he left was alone[Dm].[C][Am]
[G]Hey [F]mama, [C]I heard p[Bb]apa c[C]all him
[Eb]self a jack of all [Edim]trades,[Am]
[Dm]tell me is [C]that what sent
[Am]him to an [G]early grave?
[Dm]Now folk[Am]s are saying
papa was big [G]borrowing steel
[Gm]just[Am] to pay his bills.[Bb][Am]
[G]Hey mama, folks [Dm]say that papa was never
much of one [Adim]for thinking[Am],[Cm]
too [Eb]busy [Dm]chasing all the
women [Am]and drinking.
[Dm]So mama,[C] I'm depending on you[G#dim]
[G]to [Gm]tell [F]me the truth.
[C]She jus[Am]t looks at me
with [Gm]her big [Dm]brown eyes
and said [G#]Papa was a
rolling [G]stone
[G#]Wherever he laid his
[G]hat was his home
[G#]When he died, [G]all he left was [Dm]his
[C]home[Am][C][Dm][C][Dm][C][Gm]
[Am]That[Gm]'s why m[G]y mama said
[Dm]Papa[C] was a rolli[Am]ng stone[G#][Gm]
[F]Wherever [C]he [Dm]laid[C][Eb][Cm]
[Eb]his hat [G]was his home
[Dm]When [Am]he died,
[G]all that he [C]left was [Dm]his h[C]ome
[G]Tell me, Mama
[Dm]Papa [C]was[Am] a rolling sto[G#]ne[G]
[C]Yes, [Dm]he was
[C]Whe[Bb]re the hee[Am]l of his[Gm]
hat was [G]his home
[Dm]When [C]he [Dm]died,
[Am]all [G]he left was his [Dm]home[C]
[Am]Mama[G#], tell[Gm] me t[G]he truth now
[Dm]Papa[C] was a rolli[Am]ng stone[G]
[C]Yeah
[Dm]Wher[C]e the [Bb]heel of his[Dm]
[Gm]hat was [F]his home
[G]Whe[F]n he [C]died,[Dm]
[Am]all [G#]he le[G]ft was a bon[Dm]e[C]
[Am]Please say [G]it ain't true
[C]Papa was a rolling [G#]stone
Wherever he led his [Eb]life was his home
[G]Whe[Dm]n he died,
[G]all he left was a bone
[G]Everybody knows it
Papa was a rolling stone