Papa Was A Rollin' Stone (chromatic}

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−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

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Tab

PAPA WAS A ROLLIN’ STONE
By: Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong
The Temptations
Key: Bbm

3* -3*  3*  -3* -3*  3*  4* -3*
It was the third of Sep-tem-ber 
3*   -3*  3* -3* -3*  3* -5*  4*
That day I'll al-ways re-mem-ber 
-3*     4*  -5* -6   5*
'Cause that was the day 
3*  -3*  4* 3*  -3*
That my dad-dy died 
-3* -6 5* -5*-3* 4*   -3*  4* -3*
I  nev-er got a chance to see him 
-3* -2   3*  -3* -3*   3*
Nev-er heard noth-in' but 
-3*   -3*  3* 4*  -3*
Bad things a-bout him 
4* 4* -5* 5* -5*   5* -6  5*
Ma-ma I'm de-pend-ing on you 
5*  -5* 5* -3*  -3*
To tell me the truth 

(spoken) 
Mama just looked at him and said son 

3*-3* -3* 3* -3* 3*    4* 
Pa-pa was a roll-in' stone 
4*    4*-3* 4*  4*  -3*  4*  4* -3*  4*
Where-ev-er he laid his hat was his home 
-2   3* -3*  -3*
And when he died
-5*-5*  4* -3*  3*-3* 4*-3*3*-3*  
All he left us was a-   lone  

3*-3* -3* 3* -3* 3*    4* 
Pa-pa was a roll-in' stone 
4*    4*-3* 4*  4*  -3*  4*  4* -3*  4*
Where-ev-er he laid his hat was his home 
-2   3* -3*  -3*
And when he died
-5*-5*  4* -3*  3*-3* 4*-3*3*-3*  
All he left us was a-   lone 

|6-5*5*-5*5*-3*3*-3*3*4*3*|

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