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