Mama Knows Chords by Shenandoah

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_ _ [Ab] Me and Jimmy _ crowded and [Db] a single _ cigarette _
_ _ [Ab] Rats down in a [Eb] stall out in the [Db] bar _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ Three [Eb] pups later we [Db] were sick as we could hit
_ _ [Ab] Friend we'd get better before [Db] we got [Eb] home
_ _ [Bbm] She saw me coming to [Eb] the back door [Db] scream.
[Cm] I
[Bbm] _ _ Knew [Cm] the minute that [Db] she looked at [Eb] me mama [Ab] knows
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[Ab] Mama _ knows _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Sometimes [Fm] I think she's got [Db] a window my [Eb] soul
Mama [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ knows
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_ _ [Fm] Even when I think it doesn't [Db] show
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_ [Db] Mama know _ Oh
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_ _ [Ab] Me and Becky _ Johnson [Db] make believe in ocean waves
_ _ [Ab] Rats roll up [Eb] and hard sound on [Db] our sleeves _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ both [Eb] in _
Us [Db] _ _ _ could say [Ab] _ _ that first [Eb] love left the [Db] sweetest memory
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_ [Cm] _ _ [Bb] _ If any [Bbm] child [Eb] didn't tell a [Db] soul
[Cm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ Hell [Cm] is it mama never [Db] _ has [Eb] to be told mama [Ab] knows
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Mama _ knows
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_ _ [Ab] _ Sometimes [Fm] I think she's [Db] got a window to [Eb] my soul Mama [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Db] knows
_ _ [Ab] _ _ Even [Db] _ _
_ _ [Fm] _ _ when I think it [Db] doesn't show
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_ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ Mama _ knows _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [Bb] _ Flowers _ [Bbm] home in mom [Eb] passed [Db] away. _ _
[Cm] _ _ [Bb] I didn't get [Cm] to say I [Db] love you
_ [Bb] Got [Eb] this _ [F] feeling _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ Mama [Eb] _ knows Mama [Bb] _ knows
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_ [Bb] _ _ Sometimes [Gm] I think she's got [Eb] a window to my [F] soul
Mama [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ knows Mama [Bb] knows
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_ [Gm] Even when I think it [Eb] doesn't show
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[Eb] Mama _ know _ _ _ _
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Mama [Bb] know
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