Chords for The Main Squeeze - Papa Was A Rolling Stone (The Temptations)

Tempo:
129.2 bpm
Chords used:

Bbm

Db

Ab

Eb

Bb

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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The Main Squeeze - Papa Was A Rolling Stone (The Temptations) chords
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[Eb] [Db] [N]
[Db] [B]
[Db]
[Bbm]
[Eb] [Ab] [Bbm]
[B] [Bbm]
[Gb] [Db] [Ab] [Db]
[B] [Ab] [Eb]
[Db]
[Abm]
[Bbm] It was the 3rd of [Db] September, the [Ab] day I'll always [Bb]
remember.
[Ab] Yes I [Db] will, cause that was the day that [Abm] my [Bb] daddy died.
[Db] [Bb] I never got a chance [Db] to meet [Ab] him, [Bb]
never heard nothing [Abm] but bad things about [Db] him.
[Ebm] Mama I'm [Abm] dependent on [Db] you [Ab] to tell me the truth.
Mama just hung her head and she [Bbm] said,
Papa was a rolling [Db] stone, [Ab] [Bbm]
[Ab] wherever he laid his hat was [Bbm] his home.
And when he died [Db] all [Ab] he [Db] left was a lull.
My mama told me, Papa was a rolling stone,
[Ab]
wherever he laid his hat was his home.
[Bbm] And when he died [Db] all he [Ab] left was [Bbm] a lull.
[Eb] [Bbm]
[E] [Db]
[Bbm] [Ab]
[Bbm]
[Db] Hey mama here's the truth, [Ab] what they say, [E] never worked a minute [Cm] hour a day in [Bbm] his life.
And [C] mama I heard [Dbm] bad talk [Ab] going around town, that [Bb] papa [Am] had three outside [Abm] children and another wife,
[Db] that ain't right.
Heard some talking about papa doing [Ab] some stuff for preaching,
talking about saving souls and all the time leeching.
[Bb]
Hey [Ab] and [Db] [Ab] stillin' [Bb]
mama just hung [Ab] her head and she [Db] said, Papa was a rolling stone,
[Ab] [A]
wherever he laid [Bbm] his hat was his home.
And [Em] when he died [Db] all he [Ab] left was [Bbm] a lull.
[Eb] [Db]
Papa was a rolling stone, [Ab] [Bbm]
[E] wherever he laid his hat was [Bbm] his home.
And when [C] he [Db] died all he [Ab] left [Bbm] was a lull.
[Ebm]
[B]
[Ebm] [Abm] [Gb]
[Db]
[Ab] [A]
[Gbm]
[Fm] [Bbm]
[Abm] [Bb]
[Db]
[Bb]
[Ebm] [Bbm]
[Abm] [Bbm]
[Gb] [Bbm]
[Db] [Eb] [Bb]
[Bbm] [Bbm]
[Db] [Eb] [Bbm]
[F] [G]
[Ab] [Db]
[Eb]
[Bbm] [Bb]
[Bbm]
[Gb] [Db] [Bbm]
[Bb] [Db] [Bbm]
[Ab]
[Eb] [Fm] [Eb]
[Db] [Ab] [Bbm]
[Ab] [Eb] [Bb] [Db]
[Ebm]
[Bbm]
[Gb]
[Eb]
[Gb]
[Eb]
[Ab]
[A] [Eb] [Bbm] Papa was a rolling [Db] stone, [Ab] [Bbm]
wherever he laid his hat was his [Abm] home.
[Bbm] And when he died [Db] all [Ab] he left was a lull.
[F] [Ab] [Bbm] [Dbm] Papa was a rolling [Ab] [Db] stone, [Ab] [Bb] [F]
wherever he laid his hat was his [Bbm] home.
And when [B] he died [Db] all he [Ab] left was [Bbm] a lull.
[Eb] [Bbm]
[Eb]
[Bb] [F]
[C]
Key:  
Bbm
13421111
Db
12341114
Ab
134211114
Eb
12341116
Bb
12341111
Bbm
13421111
Db
12341114
Ab
134211114
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To start learning The Main Squeeze - (The Temptations) Papa Was A Rolling Stone chords, delve into these chords sequence to get the song's feel: Db, Ab, Bbm, Db, Ab, Db, Ab, Bb, Bbm and Ab. A good strategy is to initiate at 64 BPM and then accelerate to the track's regular speed of 129 BPM. Considering the song's key of Db Major, position your capo to suit your vocal and chord preferences.

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_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Db] _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ [B] _
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[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Bbm] _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _
_ [Gb] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Db] _
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[B] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
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_ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ _
_ [Bbm] _ _ It was the 3rd of [Db] September, _ _ the [Ab] day I'll always [Bb]
remember.
[Ab] Yes I [Db] will, _ cause that was the day that [Abm] my [Bb] daddy died.
[Db] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] I never got a chance [Db] to meet [Ab] him, _ [Bb]
never heard nothing [Abm] but bad things about [Db] him.
[Ebm] Mama I'm [Abm] dependent on [Db] you [Ab] to tell me the truth.
_ Mama just hung her head and she [Bbm] said,
Papa was a rolling [Db] stone, [Ab] _ _ [Bbm] _
[Ab] wherever he laid his hat was [Bbm] his home.
And when he died [Db] all [Ab] he [Db] left was a lull.
_ _ My mama told me, Papa was a rolling stone,
[Ab] _ _
wherever he laid his hat was his home.
[Bbm] And when he died [Db] all he [Ab] left was [Bbm] a lull. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
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[Db] Hey mama here's the truth, [Ab] what they say, [E] never worked a minute [Cm] hour a day in [Bbm] his life.
And [C] mama I heard [Dbm] bad talk [Ab] going around town, that [Bb] papa [Am] had three outside [Abm] children and another wife,
[Db] that ain't right.
Heard some talking about papa doing [Ab] some stuff for preaching,
talking about saving souls and all the time leeching.
[Bb]
Hey _ [Ab] and [Db] [Ab] stillin' [Bb] _ _
_ _ mama just hung [Ab] her head and she [Db] said, Papa was a rolling stone,
[Ab] _ _ [A] _
wherever he laid [Bbm] his hat was his home.
And [Em] when he died [Db] all he [Ab] left was [Bbm] a lull.
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Db]
Papa was a rolling stone, [Ab] _ _ [Bbm]
[E] wherever he laid his hat was [Bbm] his home.
And when [C] he [Db] died all he [Ab] left [Bbm] was a lull.
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_ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ [Abm] _ _ [Gb] _
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_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [A] _
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_ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ [Bb] _
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_ _ [Abm] _ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _
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_ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _
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_ [Gb] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _
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_ [Eb] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Db] _ _ _ [Ab] _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _
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_ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ [Db] _
[Ebm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ [Eb] _ _ [Bbm] Papa was a rolling [Db] stone, _ [Ab] _ [Bbm] _
wherever he laid his hat was his [Abm] home.
[Bbm] And when he died [Db] all [Ab] he left was a lull.
[F] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ [Bbm] [Dbm] Papa was a rolling [Ab] [Db] stone, [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ [F]
wherever he laid his hat was his [Bbm] home.
And when [B] he died [Db] all he [Ab] left was [Bbm] a lull.
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_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Bbm] _ _
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[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
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This song finds its place within the Squeeze House album.

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