Papa Was A Rolling Stone Tabs by The Temptations

Papa Was A Rolling Stone tab by The Temptations

Guitar tabs

PAPA WAS A ROLLIN' STONE

As recorded by The Temptations
(From the 1972 Album ALL DIRECTIONS)

Words and Music by Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong

Transcribed by Slowhand


Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Melvin "Wah-Wah Watson" Ragin - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Paul Warren - Electric Guitar'


 Intro
 Q=124
 N.C.             Bbm
 4/4
 Gtr I (Clean El. Gtr. w/ wah)
 Wx8     W        E e S S E E e S S S S
|------------|-------------||-------------------------|
|------------|-------------||o---------------x-x------|
|------------|-------------||----------------x-x------|
|------------|-------------||--8---8-8---8-------x-x--|
|------------|-------------||o-------------------x-x--|
|------------|-------------||--6-6-6-6-6-6-x----------|
|

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| Gtr II (Clean El. Gtr.)
| Wx8     H  Q E E   E E Q   H
|------------|-------------||-------------------------|
|------------|-------------||o------------------------|
|------------|-------------||-------------------------|
|------------|-----------6-||--6----------------------|
|------------|-----------4-||o-4----------------------|
|------------|-------------||-------------------------|


 E e  S S S S E e S S S S  E e S E S E e S S S S  E e S S S S E E E E 9x
|---------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------6-6--||
|-------x-x---------x-x-----|---------------x-x-x-x-|-----------------6-6-o||
|-------x-x---------x-x-----|---------------x-x-x-x-|-----------------6-6--||
|-8---------x-x-8-------x-x-|-8---x-8-x-8-----------|-8---x-8-x-x-8--------||
|-----------x-x---------x-x-|-----------------------|---------------------o||
|-6-6-----------6-6---------|-6-6-x-6-x-6-6---------|-6-6-x-6-x-x-6-x------||
|
| Q  a E  E  E E Q     E E Q   H       H      Q  E E 9x
|---------------------------|-----------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------------|-----------------------|---------------------o||
|---------------------------|-----------------------|----------------------||
|-------8---8-----6---------|-6---------------------|-------------------6--||
|-----7h8---8-----4---------|-4---------------------|-------------------4-o||
|---------------------------|-----------------------|----------------------||


 |----3-----|
 Q  +Q  +Q +H    W         W       W
|-6---(6)---(6)-(6)----|-----------------|-------------|--------------|
|-6---(6)---(6)-(6)----|-----------------|-------------|--------------|
|-6---(6)---(6)-(6)----|-----------------|-------------|--------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|-------------|--------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|-------------|--------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|-------------|--------------|
|
| E E   Q   H    Q a E E E E Q  E E Q H   H  Q E E
|----------------------|-----------------|-------------|--------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|-------------|--------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|-------------|--------------|
|-6--------------------|------8-8---6----|-6-----------|-----------6--|
|-4--------------------|----7h8-8---4----|-4-----------|-----------4--|
|----------------------|-----------------|-------------|--------------|


  E E Q H   Q a E E E E Q  E E Q H   H  Q E E  3x
||--------------|-----------------|-------------|---------------||
||o-------------|-----------------|-------------|--------------o||
||--------------|-----------------|-------------|---------------||
||--6-----------|------8-8---6----|-6-----------|-----------6---||
||o-4-----------|----7h8-8---4----|-4-----------|-----------4--o||
||--------------|-----------------|-------------|---------------||


 1st Verse
    Bbm
    |--3---|   |-3-|
 H   Q +Q +Q   +Q +H  +H
|------^6-(6)-(6)--|-(6)-(6)--(6)-----|
|------^6-(6)-(6)--|-(6)-(6)--(6)-----|
|------^6-(6)-(6)--|-(6)-(6)--(6)-----|
|------^8-(8)-(8)--|-(8)-(8)--(8)-----|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W          W
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|


 W           W
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|
| E E  E a E E E E E  Q  Q E S S E E
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|--------9-------------|-----------------------|
|---8b9====8r8-6-x-8-6-|----------------6b6.5--|
|----------------------|-8\-----------6--------|
|----------------------|----------6h8----------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|


      |---3----|      |--3--|
 H    Q +Q  +Q     +Q  +H   +H
|---------^6-(6)---(6)------|--(6)---(6)----(6)----|
|---------^6-(6)---(6)------|--(6)---(6)----(6)----|
|---------^6-(6)---(6)------|--(6)---(6)----(6)----|
|---------^8-(8)---(8)------|--(8)---(8)----(8)----|
|---------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------|
|
|             ~~~~~~~~~~~
| E E Q  Q   E   a E  +E E   Q  H
|---------------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------9h11-|-(11)-9---------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------|
|-8\------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------|


 W               W
|-----------------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------|
|
| E E E e S  S E E   E    Q E E S E. S a E.
|---9-------------------------|--------------------|
|-----6-9---------------------|--------------------|
|---------8b9p6---6b6.5-6b6.5-|--------6-----------|
|---------------8-------------|-8--6-----8--6------|
|-----------------------------|---------------8s6--|
|-----------------------------|--------------------|


      |---3----|      |--3--|
 H    Q +Q  +Q     +Q  +H   +H
|---------^6-(6)---(6)------|--(6)---(6)----(6)----|
|---------^6-(6)---(6)------|--(6)---(6)----(6)----|
|---------^6-(6)---(6)------|--(6)---(6)----(6)----|
|---------^8-(8)---(8)------|--(8)---(8)----(8)----|
|---------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------|
|
| E E Q  Q   E   a E  +E E   Q  H
|---------------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------9h11-|-(11)p9---------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------|
|-8\------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------|


 W                   W
|-------------------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------|
|
| E E   E e a  +S S E E   E    Q E E S E. S a E.
|---9b9.5-----------------------------|---------------------|
|---------6-9-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------8b9-(8)p6---6b6.5-6b6.5-|--------6----6-------|
|-----------------------8-------------|-8--6-----8----8s6---|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------|


     |--3---|   |------3------|
 H    Q +Q +Q   +Q      +H     +H
|--------^6-(6)-(6)--|-(6)-----------(6)---------(6)-----------|
|--------^6-(6)-(6)--|-(6)-----------(6)---------(6)-----------|
|--------^6-(6)-(6)--|-(6)-----------(6)---------(6)-----------|
|--------^8-(8)-(8)--|-(8)-----------(8)---------(8)-----------|
|--------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|
| E E Q  H       E a   +S   S E S S E S S E S S
|--------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|--------------------|-----9pb11r(9)p====6---9p6-----9p6---9p6-|
|--------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-4------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------------------------|


 W           W
|---------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------|
|
| e E  Q Q E E   +Q.  E   S E.  E E
|----------------6----|-(6)---6-----6------------|
|-9-9b11--------------|---------------6----------|
|----------------8b10-|-(8)---8pb10-8-6b6.5---6--|
|---------------------|-----------------------6--|
|---------------------|---------------------8----|
|---------------------|--------------------------|


     |--3---|   |---3----|
 H    Q +Q +Q   +Q    +H  +H
|--------^6-(6)-(6)--|-(6)------(6)---(6)----|
|--------^6-(6)-(6)--|-(6)------(6)---(6)----|
|--------^6-(6)-(6)--|-(6)------(6)---(6)----|
|--------^8-(8)-(8)--|-(8)------(8)---(8)----|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|
|               ~~~~~~~~
| E E Q  H       E a Q   E H
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----9s11p====9--------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|-8------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|


   N.C.
 Q  e  E e   E e E  E e E e H
|-------------------------|--------------------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------------------||
|-----4------4--------4---|---4---4------------------------||
|
|                    |----3----|
| Q  Q   E   E E E  H    E  S   +S S E E
|----11b13---9b9.5--------|--------------------------------||
|--------------------11---|---------8b9--8pb9------------8-||
|-------------------------|---------8b10-8pb10r(8)p6-----8-||
|-------------------------|--------------------------(8)---||
|-------------------------|--------------------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------------------||


 Chorus
 N.C.
                                   ~~~~~
 Q   Q H   Q E E  +E E E   E  E E   Q H   H  H
|----------------|---------------6-----------|-----------------|---------------|
|-6--------------|---------------------------|-----------------|------9pb11----|
|-6b6.5----------|------8b10-(8)---6b6.5-----|-8-6b6.5---------|---------------|
|----------------|-----------------------(8)-|-----------------|---------------|
|----------------|---------------------------|-----------------|---------------|
|----------------|---------------------------|-----------------|---------------|


 W     W     Q a E E E E E E  E E E  +E E E E E
|----------|----------|-------9--------------|---------------------------|
|----------|----------|----9h11--------8-----|-6-8-8b9r(8)-6-----8-6-----|
|----------|----------|-----------\8-6-8-----|-6-8-8b9r(8)-6-----8-6b6.5-|
|----------|----------|------------------(8)-|---------------(8)---------|
|----------|----------|----------------------|---------------------------|
|----------|----------|----------------------|---------------------------|


 E E Q H   W     W     H  Q E E
|-------------|----------|----------|-----------------|
|-------------|----------|----------|-----------------|
|-------------|----------|----------|-----------8b10--|
|-8-----------|----------|----------|-----------------|
|-------------|----------|----------|-----------------|
|-------------|----------|----------|-----------------|


              Trumpet Solo
              N.C.
 +Q.  E   +E E E E   E E S S E E E S S E  E E S S E E E S S E 4x
|-----------------------||----------------------|----------------------||
|-----------------------||o-6---------6---------|---6-------6---6-6---o||
|-(8)---8pb10r(8)-6-----||--6---------6---------|---6-6-6---6---6-6----||
|-------------------8-6-||----8-8-8-----8-8-8-6-|-8-------8---8-----8--||
|-----------------------||o---------------------|---------------------o||
|-----------------------||----------------------|----------------------||


 Interlude
 N.C.
         >
 |--3---|  |-3-|
 Q +Q +Q +Q +H   Wx6     H  Q S E.
|--------------------|------------|--------------||
|-6-(6)-(6)-(6)-(6)--|------------|--------------||
|-6-(6)-(6)-(6)-(6)--|------------|--------------||
|--------------------|------------|---------6-6--||
|--------------------|------------|--------------||
|--------------------|------------|--------------||


 2nd Verse
 Bbm
 |--3---|
 Q +Q +Q H    W     W
|-----------------|----------|----------------------------|
|-6-(6)-(6)-------|----------|----------------------------|
|-6-(6)-(6)-------|----------|----------------------------|
|-6-(6)-(6)-------|----------|----------------------------|
|-----------------|----------|----------------------------|
|-----------------|----------|----------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W         W     E E  S  +E S S S E E E
|-----------------|----------|----------------------------|
|-----------------|----------|----------------------------|
|-----------------|----------|---8b9-8pb9r(8)p6-8p6-------|
|-----------------|----------|----------------------8-6-8-|
|-----------------|----------|----------------------------|
|-----------------|----------|----------------------------|


 W
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|
| E E   S   +E  S S S E S   +E.
|---------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------[9]b11-([9])--|
|---[8]b9-[8]b9r([8])p6-[8]p6-----------------|
|-----------------------------8---------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|


 |--3---| |3-|
 Q +Q +Q Q +H    W     Q E E E E E E  E E E E E E   Q
|--------------------|----------|----------------|------------------------|
|-6-(6)-(6)-6-(6)----|----------|----------------|------------------------|
|-6-(6)-(6)-6-(6)----|----------|----------------|------------------------|
|-8-(8)-(8)-8-(8)----|----------|----6-----------|-8-6--------------------|
|-8-(8)-(8)-8-(8)----|----------|------8p7-6-----|-----8-7-6--------------|
|--------------------|----------|------------9---|-----------9------------|
|
| W          W     W        H    E Q    +E
|--------------------|----------|----------------|-----------9-------(9)--|
|--------------------|----------|----------------|-----------9-------(9)--|
|--------------------|----------|----------------|-----------8pb10r==(8)--|
|--------------------|----------|----------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|----------|----------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|----------|----------------|------------------------|


 E E E E  H      W
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---8-6---------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|
| E E E S S S S E E E  E E a E S S S S E E E
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------x---x-x-6---|-------------------6---|
|---------x---x-x-6---|-------------------6---|
|---8-6-----------6---|-----------8---8---6---|
|-------------------8-|---8-6h8-------------8-|
|---------------------|-----------------------|


 E a Q  E  +S  E.  E.  S
|----------9---(9)-11----9----11b12===|
|---9s11------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|
| E  E E S S S  S E E E
|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------6------------|
|------------------------6------------|
|-6------6----------8----6------------|
|------8-----8--------------8---------|
|-------------------------------------|


  +E   E   +S  E.    S   +E  S +E E
|-(11)r---11b12==(11)r-11b13-----11b13r(11)---9-(9)---|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|
|  S  S E    E     S S S   S S S E E
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|---x--------------------------------------------6----|
|---x---8-10-------6-----------------------------6--8-|
|---x--------------6-----------------------------6----|
|-------6--8-------6-----------8---------8----8-------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|


                     TP
     |--3---|
 H   Q +Q +Q   W     E E  +H.
|-------------------|----------|---------------|
|--------6-(6)-(6)--|----------|---------------|
|--------6-(6)-(6)--|----------|---8b10-(8)----|
|--------8-(8)-(8)--|----------|---------------|
|-------------------|----------|---------------|
|-------------------|----------|---------------|
|
| E E Q H      W     W
|-------------------|----------|---------------|
|-6-----------------|----------|---------------|
|-6-----------------|----------|---------------|
|-8-----------------|----------|---------------|
|-------------------|----------|---------------|
|-------------------|----------|---------------|


          Chorus
         $
         $$
           Bbm
 TP    TP
 H    +H    E E S S S S E E S S S S  E E S S S S E E S S S S
|-----------------||-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------||-6---x-x-x-x-6---x-------|-6---x-x-x-x-6---x-------|
|-8pb10r===(8)----||-6---x-x-x-x-6---x-------|-6---x-x-x-x-6---x-------|
|-----------------||-------------------x-x-x-|-8-8---------8-8---x-x-x-|
|-----------------||-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------||-------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| W         E E Q    E E E  E   E E Q    E E E  E
|-----------------||-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------||-------------6-----------|-------------6---6-------|
|-----------------||-------------6-----------|-------------6---6-------|
|-----------------||-6-8-8---------------6---|-8-6-8---------------6---|
|-----------------||-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------||-------------------------|-------------------------|


 E E S S S S E E S S S S  Q  Q  E E E E
|-------------------------|----------------9---|
|-6---x-x-x-x-6---x-x-x-x-|-11---11--11--------|
|-6---x-x-x-x-6---x-x-x-x-|-------------11-0---|
|-8-8---------8-----------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|
| E E Q    E E E  E   E E Q  E E E E
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------6-----------|-----------6----6---|
|-------------6-----------|-----------6----6---|
|-6-8-8---------------6---|--8-6--8----------6-|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|


 E E S S S S E E S S S S  E E S S S S E E S S S S
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-6---x-x-x-x-6---x-------|-6---x-x-x-x-6---x---------|
|-6---x-x-x-x-6---x-------|-6---x-x-x-x-6---x---------|
|-------------------x-x-x-|-8-8---------8-8---x-x-x---|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|
| E E Q    E E E  E   E E Q    E E E  E
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------6-----------|-------------6---6---------|
|-------------6-----------|-------------6---6---------|
|-6-8-8---------------6---|-8-6-8---------------6-----|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|


                    To Dbl. Coda
 E E S S S S E E S S S S  E E S S S S E E S S S S
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-6---x-x-x-x-6---x-------|-6---x-x-x-x-6---x--------|
|-6---x-x-x-x-6---x-------|-6---x-x-x-x-6---x--------|
|-------------------x-x-x-|-8-8---------8-8---x-x-x--|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|
| E E Q    E E E  E   E E Q    E E E  E
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------6-----------|-------------6---6--------|
|-------------6-----------|-------------6---6--------|
|-6-8-8---------------6---|-8-6-8---------------6----|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|


 E E S S S S E E S S S S  E E S S S S E E S S S S
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-6---x-x-x-x-6---x-------|-6---x-x-x-x-6---x--------|
|-6---x-x-x-x-6---x-------|-6---x-x-x-x-6---x--------|
|-------------------x-x-x-|-8-8---------8-8---x-x-x--|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|
| E E Q    E E E  E   E E Q    E E E  E
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------6-----------|-------------6---6--------|
|-------------6-----------|-------------6---6--------|
|-6-8-8---------------6---|-8-6-8---------------6----|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|


 E E S S S S E E S S S S  E E S S S S E E S S S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-6---x-x-x-x-6---x-------|-6---x-x-x-x-6---x-------|
|-6---x-x-x-x-6---x-------|-6---x-x-x-x-6---x-------|
|-------------------x-x-x-|-8-8---------8-8---x-x-x-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| E E Q    E E E  E   E E Q    E E E  E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------6-----------|-------------6---6-------|
|-------------6-----------|-------------6---6-------|
|-6-8-8---------------6---|-8-6-8---------------6---|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|


                       To Coda
 E E S S S S E E S S S S  E E S S S S E E S S S S
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-6---x-x-x-x-6---x-------|-6---x-x-x-x-6---x---------|
|-6---x-x-x-x-6---x-------|-6---x-x-x-x-6---x---------|
|-------------------x-x-x-|-8-8---------8-8---x-x-x---|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|
| E E Q    E E E  E   E E Q    E E E  E
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------6-----------|-------------6---6---------|
|-------------6-----------|-------------6---6---------|
|-6-8-8---------------6---|-8-6-8---------------6-----|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|


 E E S S S S E E S S S S  E E S S S S E E S S S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-6---x-x-x-x-6---x-------|-6---x-x-x-x-6---x-------||
|-6---x-x-x-x-6---x-------|-6---x-x-x-x-6---x-------||
|-------------------x-x-x-|-8-8---------8-8---x-x-x-||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|
| E E Q    E E E  E   E E Q    E E E  E
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------6-----------|-------------6---6-------||
|-------------6-----------|-------------6---6-------||
|-6-8-8---------------6---|-8-6-8---------------6---||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||


 Trumpet Solo
 Bbm
 |--3---|
 Q +Q +Q +H    Wx3
|-6-(6)-(6)-(6)-----|--------|
|-6-(6)-(6)-(6)-----|--------|
|-6-(6)-(6)-(6)-----|--------|
|-8-(8)-(8)-(8)-----|--------|
|-------------------|--------|
|-------------------|--------|
|
| W          Wx3
|-------------------|--------|
|-------------------|--------|
|-------------------|--------|
|-------------------|--------|
|-------------------|--------|
|-------------------|--------|


 |--3---|
 Q +Q +Q +H    W
|-6-(6)-(6)-(6)-----|----------|
|-6-(6)-(6)-(6)-----|----------|
|-6-(6)-(6)-(6)-----|----------|
|-8-(8)-(8)-(8)-----|----------|
|-------------------|----------|
|-------------------|----------|
|
| W          W
|-------------------|----------|
|-------------------|----------|
|-------------------|----------|
|-------------------|----------|
|-------------------|----------|
|-------------------|----------|


 N.C.
 Q E e S S E  e S S  E  e S S E e S S E e
|--------------------------|--------------------------||
|--------------------------|--------------------------||
|--------------------------|--------------------------||
|------6-----6-------6---6-|-------6---6---6---6---6--||
|--------------------------|--------------------------||
|--------------------------|--------------------------||
|
| Q Q  +E   Q.      W
|--------------------------|--------------------------||
|----6---(6)s===8s=========|==9-----------------------||
|----8---(8)s==10b12s======|=11b13--------------------||
|--------------------------|--------------------------||
|--------------------------|--------------------------||
|--------------------------|--------------------------||


 Interlude
 Bbm
 |--3---|  |---3---|    |-3-|
 Q +Q +Q +Q +Q +Q   +Q +H    H
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-6-(6)-(6)-(6)-(6)-(6)---|-(6)-(6)---------------|
|-6-(6)-(6)-(6)-(6)-(6)---|-(6)-(6)---------------|
|-8-(8)-(8)-(8)-(8)-(8)---|-(8)-(8)---------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|
| W             Q   E E +E E E E
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------6-(6)-------|
|-------------------------|-----------------6-8-6-|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|


 W           W
|--------------------|----------||
|--------------------|----------||
|--------------------|----------||
|--------------------|----------||
|--------------------|----------||
|--------------------|----------||
|
|            ~~~~~
| E E Q +E  Q.    W
|--------------------|----------||
|-----6--(6)s=8s=====|==9-------||
|-----8--(8)s10b12s==|=11b13----||
|-8------------------|----------||
|--------------------|----------||
|--------------------|----------||


 3rd Verse
 Bbm
 |--3---|                  |---3----|
 Q +Q +Q +H    W     E Q   E Q Q   Q
|-6-(6)-(6)-(6)-----|----------|---11b12--11p9-11b13-11b13===|
|-6-(6)-(6)-(6)-----|----------|-----------------------------|
|-6-(6)-(6)-(6)-----|----------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------|----------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------|----------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------|----------|-----------------------------|
|
| W          W     W
|-------------------|----------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------|----------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------|----------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------|----------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------|----------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------|----------|-----------------------------|


  +S  E.  E.     S   +E  E  E E
|-(11)r-11b13-11b13-------11b13==(11)r--9h=11p9-|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|
|  Q     E   +E     +E  +E  Q
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-------------11b12==(11)--------(11)r(11)------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|


 |--3---|
 Q +Q +Q +Q  +Q   W
|-6-(6)-(6)-(6)--(6)--|----------|
|-6-(6)-(6)-(6)--(6)--|----------|
|-6-(6)-(6)-(6)--(6)--|----------|
|---------------------|----------|
|---------------------|----------|
|---------------------|----------|


 |--3---|   |-----3-----|
 Q Q  Q   Q   Q   Q    +S  E.  E.  S +E Q E
|---6----6-----6-----6-----6-----|-(6)--6----6----6-(6)-6----|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------|
|---8pb9-8pb10-8pb10-8pb10-8pb9==|=(8)r-8pb9-8pb9-8-(8)-6----|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------|


 Q  S S E E E E E  Q  S E. Q  Q
|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-6----------------|
|-------6---x-6-x-6-|-----6h8--8-------|
|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| E E Q   E E E E  E E Q  E E E E
|-------------------|------------------|
|-----------6-------|----------6---6---|
|-----------6-------|----------6---6---|
|-6-8-8-----------6-|-8-6-8----------6-|
|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|


 |----3-----|
 Q  +Q  +Q +H     W
|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-6---(6)---(6)-(6)-------|-----------------|
|-6---(6)---(6)-(6)-------|-----------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------|
|
| E E   Q   E E E E  E E Q E E E E
|-------------------------|-----------------|
|----------------6--------|--------6---6----|
|----------------6--------|--------6---6----|
|-6-8-----8-------------6-|-8-6-8--------6--|
|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------|


                  D.S. al Coda &
 E Q.  +Q.   E  H     S   +E.  Q
|-6-9-----(9)-------|----------------------------||
|-6-9-----(9)-------|----------------------------||
|-------------------|-8b10------8pb10r(8)--------||
|-------------------|----------------------------||
|-------------------|----------------------------||
|-------------------|----------------------------||
|
| E E Q  E E E E  E  E Q E     E E E
|-------------------|----------------------------||
|----------6--------|-----------6-----------6----||
|----------6--------|-----------6-----------6----||
|-6-8--8----------6-|-8----6-8----------------6--||
|-------------------|----------------------------||
|-------------------|----------------------------||


          D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
 N.C.
 E E E E E E E S S  E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------||
|---9-9-9-9-9-9-----|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---||
|-------------------|-------------x-----||
|-----6---6-----6-6-|-------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------||
|
| E E Q  E E E E   E E Q  E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------||
|---------6---------|---------6---6-----||
|---------6---------|---------6---6-----||
|-6-8-8---------6---|-8-6-8---------6---||
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------||


  Outro
  &&
  Bbm
  E E S S S S E E S S S S  E E S S S S E E S S S S
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-6---x-x-x-x-6---x-------|-6---x-x-x-x-6---x-------|
||--6---x-x-x-x-6---x-------|-6---x-x-x-x-6---x-------|
||--------------------x-x-x-|-8-8---------8-8---x-x-x-|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
|
|  E E Q    E E E  E   E E Q    E E E  E
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------6-----------|-------------6---6-------|
||--------------6-----------|-------------6---6-------|
||--6-8-8---------------6---|-8-6-8---------------6---|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|


 E E S S S S E E S S S S  E E S S S S E E S S S S  4x
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
|-6---x-x-x-x-6---x-------|-6---x-x-x-x-6---x--------o||
|-6---x-x-x-x-6---x-------|-6---x-x-x-x-6---x---------||
|-------------------x-x-x-|-8-8---------8-8---x-x-x---||
|-------------------------|--------------------------o||
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
|
| E E Q    E E E  E   E E Q    E E E  E   4x
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
|-------------6-----------|-------------6---6--------o||
|-------------6-----------|-------------6---6---------||
|-6-8-8---------------6---|-8-6-8---------------6-----||
|-------------------------|--------------------------o||
|-------------------------|---------------------------||


Duration 🏷Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature 🏷Legend
----------------
 h  - hammer-on
 p  - pull-off
 b  - bend
 pb - pre-bend
 r  - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s  - legato slide
 S  - shift slide
 - natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~  - vibrato
 tr - trill
 T  - tap
 TP - trem. picking
 PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n - tremolo bar down
 n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =  - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <> - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x  - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o  - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc 🏷Legend
-----------
 | - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
 : - bar (freetime)
 $ - Segno
 & - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths




It was the third of September.
That day I'll always remember, yes I will.
'Cause that was the day that my daddy died.
I never got a chance to see him.
Never heard nothing but bad things about him.
Mama, I'm depending on you, tell me the truth.

And Mama just hung her head and said,
"Son, Papa was a rolling stone.
Wherever he laid his hat was his home.
(And when he died) All he left us was alone. "
"Papa was a rolling stone, my son.
Wherever he laid his hat was his home.
(And when he died) All he left us was alone. "

Well, well.

Hey Mama, is it true what they say,
That Papa never worked a day in his life?
And Mama, bad talk going around town
Saying that Papa had three outside children and another wife.
And that ain't right.
Heard some talk about Papa doing some store front preaching.
Talkin about saving souls and all the time leeching.
Dealing in debt and stealing in the name of the Lord.

Mama just hung her head and said,
"Papa was a rolling stone, my son.
Wherever he laid his hat was his home.
(And when he died) All he left us was alone. "
"Hey, Papa was a rolling stone.
Wherever he laid his hat was his home.
(And when he died) All he left us was alone. "

Uh!

Hey Mama, I heard Papa call himself a jack of all trade.
Tell me is that what sent Papa to an early grave?
Folk say Papa would beg, borrow, steal to pay his bill.
Hey Mama, folk say that Papa was never much on thinking.
Spent most of his time chasing women and drinking.
Mama, I'm depending on you to tell me the truth. Mama looked up with a tear in her eye and said,
"Son, Papa was a rolling stone. (Well, well, well, well)
Wherever he laid his hat was his home.
(And when he died) All he left us was alone. "
"Papa was a rolling stone.
Wherever he laid his hat was his home.
(And when he died) All he left us was alone. "

"I said, Papa was a rolling stone. Wherever he laid his hat was his home.

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