Chords for Tanya Tucker - What's Your Mama's Name
Tempo:
78.3 bpm
Chords used:
B
E
Bb
Eb
Gb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Bb] 1974.
What's your [Eb] mama's name child?
[N] What's your [F]
mama's [Eb] name?
[Bb]
Thirty some odd years [Eb] ago, a young man [Bb] came to Memphis
Asking [F] about a rose that [Eb] used to blossom [Bb] in his world
People [Ab] never took the [Eb] time to mind the [Bb] young man's questions
Until one [Cm] day they heard him [F] ask a little [Bb] green eyed girl
What's your [Cm] mama's name [F] child?
What's your [Bb] mama's name?
Does she [Eb] ever [Bb] talk about a place called [F] the morning?
[Bb] Has she [Cm] ever mentioned [Dm] a man named [Eb] Bupert Wilson?
[Gm] [Bb] What's your [Eb] mama's name [Bb] child?
[F] What's your [Bb] mama's name?
[B]
Twenty [A] some odd years [E] ago, a drunkard [B] down in Memphis
Lost a [Gb] month of life and [E] labor to the [B] county jail
Just because [A] he asked a [E] little green eyed [B] girl a question
And offered [Dbm] her nickels [Gb] worth of candy [B] if she'd [E] tell
[B] A year and [A] some odd days [E] ago, an old man [B] died in Memphis
Just [Gb] another way, so [E] the county [B] had to claim
Inside the [A] old man's ragged [E] coat they found [B] a faded letter
It said you [Dbm] have a daughter and [Gb] her eyes are Wilson [B] green
What's your [E] mama's name [Gb] child?
What's your [B] mama's name?
Does she [E] ever talk [B] about a place called [Gb] the morning?
[B] Has she [Dbm] ever mentioned [B] a man named [E] Bupert Wilson?
[Abm] [B] What's your [E] mama's name [B] child?
What's your [Gb] [B] mama's name?
What's your [E] mama's name child?
[B] What's your [Gb] mama's [E] name?
[B]
[N]
What's your [Eb] mama's name child?
[N] What's your [F]
mama's [Eb] name?
[Bb]
Thirty some odd years [Eb] ago, a young man [Bb] came to Memphis
Asking [F] about a rose that [Eb] used to blossom [Bb] in his world
People [Ab] never took the [Eb] time to mind the [Bb] young man's questions
Until one [Cm] day they heard him [F] ask a little [Bb] green eyed girl
What's your [Cm] mama's name [F] child?
What's your [Bb] mama's name?
Does she [Eb] ever [Bb] talk about a place called [F] the morning?
[Bb] Has she [Cm] ever mentioned [Dm] a man named [Eb] Bupert Wilson?
[Gm] [Bb] What's your [Eb] mama's name [Bb] child?
[F] What's your [Bb] mama's name?
[B]
Twenty [A] some odd years [E] ago, a drunkard [B] down in Memphis
Lost a [Gb] month of life and [E] labor to the [B] county jail
Just because [A] he asked a [E] little green eyed [B] girl a question
And offered [Dbm] her nickels [Gb] worth of candy [B] if she'd [E] tell
[B] A year and [A] some odd days [E] ago, an old man [B] died in Memphis
Just [Gb] another way, so [E] the county [B] had to claim
Inside the [A] old man's ragged [E] coat they found [B] a faded letter
It said you [Dbm] have a daughter and [Gb] her eyes are Wilson [B] green
What's your [E] mama's name [Gb] child?
What's your [B] mama's name?
Does she [E] ever talk [B] about a place called [Gb] the morning?
[B] Has she [Dbm] ever mentioned [B] a man named [E] Bupert Wilson?
[Abm] [B] What's your [E] mama's name [B] child?
What's your [Gb] [B] mama's name?
What's your [E] mama's name child?
[B] What's your [Gb] mama's [E] name?
[B]
[N]
Key:
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E
Bb
Eb
Gb
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[Bb] _ _ 1974.
What's your [Eb] mama's name child?
_ _ [N] What's your [F] _
mama's [Eb] name?
_ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ Thirty some odd years [Eb] ago, a young man [Bb] came to Memphis
Asking [F] about a rose that [Eb] used to blossom [Bb] in his world
_ _ People [Ab] never took the [Eb] time to mind the [Bb] young man's questions
Until one [Cm] day they heard him [F] ask a little [Bb] green eyed girl _ _
What's your [Cm] mama's name [F] child?
What's your [Bb] mama's name?
Does she [Eb] ever [Bb] talk about a place called [F] the morning? _
_ [Bb] Has she [Cm] ever mentioned [Dm] a man named [Eb] Bupert Wilson?
_ [Gm] _ [Bb] What's your [Eb] mama's name [Bb] child?
[F] What's your [Bb] mama's name?
_ _ [B] _ _
_ _ Twenty [A] some odd years [E] ago, a drunkard [B] down in Memphis
Lost a [Gb] month of life and [E] labor to the [B] county jail
_ _ Just because [A] he asked a [E] little green eyed [B] girl a question
And offered [Dbm] her nickels [Gb] worth of candy [B] if she'd [E] tell
[B] A year and [A] some odd days [E] ago, an old man [B] died in Memphis
Just [Gb] another way, so [E] the county [B] had to claim _ _
Inside the [A] old man's ragged [E] coat they found [B] a faded letter
It said you [Dbm] have a daughter _ _ and [Gb] her eyes are Wilson [B] green _
What's your [E] mama's name [Gb] child?
What's your [B] mama's name?
Does she [E] ever talk [B] about a place called [Gb] the morning? _
_ [B] Has she [Dbm] ever mentioned [B] a man named [E] Bupert Wilson?
[Abm] _ [B] What's your [E] mama's name [B] child?
What's your [Gb] [B] mama's name?
What's your [E] mama's name child?
_ _ _ _ [B] _ What's your _ [Gb] _ mama's [E] name? _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
What's your [Eb] mama's name child?
_ _ [N] What's your [F] _
mama's [Eb] name?
_ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ Thirty some odd years [Eb] ago, a young man [Bb] came to Memphis
Asking [F] about a rose that [Eb] used to blossom [Bb] in his world
_ _ People [Ab] never took the [Eb] time to mind the [Bb] young man's questions
Until one [Cm] day they heard him [F] ask a little [Bb] green eyed girl _ _
What's your [Cm] mama's name [F] child?
What's your [Bb] mama's name?
Does she [Eb] ever [Bb] talk about a place called [F] the morning? _
_ [Bb] Has she [Cm] ever mentioned [Dm] a man named [Eb] Bupert Wilson?
_ [Gm] _ [Bb] What's your [Eb] mama's name [Bb] child?
[F] What's your [Bb] mama's name?
_ _ [B] _ _
_ _ Twenty [A] some odd years [E] ago, a drunkard [B] down in Memphis
Lost a [Gb] month of life and [E] labor to the [B] county jail
_ _ Just because [A] he asked a [E] little green eyed [B] girl a question
And offered [Dbm] her nickels [Gb] worth of candy [B] if she'd [E] tell
[B] A year and [A] some odd days [E] ago, an old man [B] died in Memphis
Just [Gb] another way, so [E] the county [B] had to claim _ _
Inside the [A] old man's ragged [E] coat they found [B] a faded letter
It said you [Dbm] have a daughter _ _ and [Gb] her eyes are Wilson [B] green _
What's your [E] mama's name [Gb] child?
What's your [B] mama's name?
Does she [E] ever talk [B] about a place called [Gb] the morning? _
_ [B] Has she [Dbm] ever mentioned [B] a man named [E] Bupert Wilson?
[Abm] _ [B] What's your [E] mama's name [B] child?
What's your [Gb] [B] mama's name?
What's your [E] mama's name child?
_ _ _ _ [B] _ What's your _ [Gb] _ mama's [E] name? _
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