Mama Knows Chords by Shenandoah

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[Ab] Me and Jimmy crowded around [Db] a single cigarette _
[Ab] Crouched down in [Eb] a stall out in [Db] the barn _ _
[Ab] Three [Eb] puffs later we [Db] were sick as we could hit
[Ab] Praying we'd get better [Db] before we [Eb] got home
[Bbm] She saw me coming [Eb] through the back door screen _
[Bbm] I [Cm] knew the minute [Db] that she looked [Eb] at me
[Ab] Mama knows, [Db] _ [Ab] Mama knows _ _
Sometimes [Fm] I think she's [Db] got a window to [Eb] my soul
[Ab] Mama knows, [Db] _ [Ab] Mama knows
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[Fm] Even when I think it [Db] doesn't show
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[Db] Mama _ knows
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[Ab] Me and Becky Johnson [Db] make a leap in ocean waves
[Ab] Pants rolled [Eb] up and hearts out [Db] on our sleeves _
[Ab] Both [Eb] feeling more than [Db] me or one of us could say
[Ab] That [Eb] first love left the [Db] sweetest _ [Eb] memories
[Cm] _ [Bb] Fifteen and shy, [Eb] I didn't tell any [Bb] soul
The [Cm] reason Mama [Db] never has [Eb] to be told
[Ab] Mama knows, Mama knows
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[Ab] Sometimes I think [Db] she's got a window [Eb] to my soul
[Ab] Mama [Db] knows, [Ab] Mama knows
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[Fm] Even when I think it [Db] doesn't show
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[Db] Mama knows _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] I wasn't home when [Eb] Mama passed [Db] away
[Bbm] I didn't get [Cm] to say I [Db] love you
But I've got this [F] feeling
_ _ [Bb] Mama knows, [Eb] Mama [Bb] knows
[Eb] _ _ [Bb] Sometimes [Gm] I think she's got [Eb] a window to my [F] soul
Mama [Bb] knows, _ [Eb] Mama [Bb] knows
_ [Eb] _ [Gm] Even when I think it doesn't [Eb] show
_ [F] Mama [Eb] _ [Eb] knows _
_ [F] Mama [Bb] knows
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