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