Papa Was A Rollin' Stone

Intro: Bb Bb  Db Db   Ab Bb bass repeated for 4 mintues as intro and throughout the song.

It was the third of September;

  that day I'll always re-member,

'Cos that was the day, that my daddy

  died.

I never got a chance to see him;

  Never heard nothin' but bad things about him.

Mama, I'm depending on you, to tell me the truth.

  Mama just hung her head and said; "son...

Papa was a rollin' stone;

   wherever he laid his hat, was his home.

And when his died, all he left us was a-lone".

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Hey Momma! Is it true what they say that

  Papa never worked a day in his life

And Momma, some bad talk goin' round town sayin' that

  Papa had three outside children And another wife, and that ain't right

Heard some talk Papa doing some storefront preachin'

  Talking about saving souls and all the time leechin'

Dealing in dirt, and stealing in the name of the Lord,

  Momma just hung her head and said

Chorus x 2

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Hey Momma, I heard Papa called himself a jack-of-all-trades.

  Tell me is that what sent Papa to an early grave

Folks say Papa would beg, borrow, steal

  To pay his bills Hey Momma

Folks say Papa never was much on thinking.

  Spent most of his time chasing women and drinking

Momma I'm depending on you to tell me the truth.

  Momma looked up with a tear in her eye and said, son

Chorus x3