The Temptations (Detroit, 1961), grupo de música soul, rhythm and blues y pop, aunque se han acercado igualmente a distintas fusiones de estilos musicales y al funk con cierta carga política. Fue el más importante grupo vocal masculino de los años sesenta.
Estuvo inicialmente formado por cinco cantantes a partir de la fusión de dos grupos de Detroit, the Primes y the Distants. Otis Williams, Elbridge (conocido como El, o Al) Bryant y Melvin Franklin eran ya unos veteranos de la escena musical de Detroit cuando formaron the Distants
¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
...PAPA WAS A ROLLIN' STONE... by The Temptations ------------------------------...................
*from 'All Directions' (1972)*
[Verse 1] EmAm It was the third of September; that day I'll always re-member, Em 'Cos that was the day, that my daddy died. Em I never got a chance to see him; Am Never heard nothin' but bad things about him. Em Mama, I'm depending on you, to tell me the truth.
[Chorus 1] (Spoken): Mama just hung her head and said; "son...
EmAm Papa was a rollin' stone; wherever he laid his hat, was his home. EmAmEm And when his died, all he left us was a-lone".
[Verse 2] Em Hey, Mama, I heard Papa call himself a jack of all trades; Am Tell me, is that what sent Papa to an early grave? Em Folks say Papa would beg borrow or steal to pay his bills. Hey, Mama, folks say Papa was never much on thinkin'; Am Spend most of his time chasin' women and drinkin'! Em Mama, I'm depending on you, to tell me the truth.
[Chorus 2] (Spoken) Mama just hung her head and said; "son...
EmAm Papa was a rollin' stone; wherever he laid his hat, was his home. EmAmEm And when his died, all he left us was a-lone".
(Repeat to Fade)
(Chord Diagramms)
EmAm
EADGBE EADGBE x79987 577555
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005 ([email protected])