Prodigal Son chords by The Rolling Stones

Prodigal Son tab by The Rolling Stones
Tuning: E B E G# B E

open E tuning

Verse:
    E
Well a poor boy took his father's bread and started down the road

Started down the road
A                   E
Took all he had and started down the road
   A                 E
Going out in this world, where God only knows
  B7            E
And that'll be the way to get along
   E
Well poor boy spent all he had, famine come in the land

Famine come in the land
   A                 E
Spent all he had and famine come in the land
   A                   E
Said, "I believe I'll go and hire me to some man"
  B7
And that'll be the way I'll get along
   E
Well, man said, "I'll give you a job for to feed my swine

For to feed my swine
   A               E
I'll give you a job for to feed my swine"
A                   E
Boy stood there and hung his head and cried
   B7
Cause that is no way to get along
   E
Said, "I believe I'll ride, believe I'll go back home

Believe I'll go back home
A                    E
Believe I'll ride, believe I'll go back home
  A               E
Or down the road as far as I can go"
  B7
And that'll be the way to get along
   E
Well, father said, "See my son coming home to me

Coming home to me"
A                E
Father ran and fell down on his knees
    A                  E
Said, "Sing and praise, Lord have mercy on me"
B7
Mercy...
  E
Oh poor boy stood there, hung his head and cried

Hung his head and cried
A                  E
Poor boy stood and hung his head and cried
   A                E
Said, "Father will you look on me as a child?"
B7
Yeah....
   E
Well father said, "Eldest son, kill the fatted calf,

Call the family round
A                  E
Kill that calf and call the family round
A               E
My son was lost but now he is found
B7
Cause that's the way for us to get along"
B7    E
Hey -------

Songwriters: Rev. Robert Wilkins

Outro:
E |--2---|
B |--3---|
G#|--0---|
E |------|
B |------|
E |------|

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| p  Pull-off
| h  Hammer-on
| (n) Ghost note
| >  Accented note

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