Chords for What's Your Mama's Name Child
Tempo:
159.4 bpm
Chords used:
F
Bb
C
Eb
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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What's your [Eb] mama's name, child?
What's [F] your
[Eb] [Bb] mama's name?
[Eb]
Thirty-some odd years ago, a young man [Bb] came to Memphis
Asking about a [F] 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 [Cm] day they heard him ask [F] a little green [Bb]-eyed girl
What's your [Eb] mama's name, [F] child?
What's your [Bb] mama's name?
Does she [Eb] ever talk [Bb] about a place called New [F] Orleans?
[Bb] Has she [F] ever mentioned [D] a man named [Eb] Buford Wilson?
[Bb] What's your [Eb] mama's name, [Bb] child?
[F] What's your [Bb] mama's name?
[B]
Twenty-some [A] 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 girl [B] a question
And offered [Dbm] her a nickel's worth [Gb] of candy if [B] she'd tell
A [C]
year and some [Bb] odd days ago, [F] an old man died [C] in Memphis
Just another [G] wayward soul [F] the county had [C] to claim
Inside the old [Bb] man's ragged coat [F] they found a faded [C] letter
Said you have [Dm] a daughter and [Gm] her [G] eyes are Wilson [C] green
What's your [F] mama's name, [G] child?
What's your [C] mama's name?
Does she ever [F] [C]
[G] talk about a place called New Orleans?
[C] Has she ever [G] mentioned [E] a man named [F] Buford Wilson?
[C] What's your
[F] mama's name, child?
[C] [G] What's your
[C] mama's name?
What's your
[F] mama's name?
[G]
What's your
[Dm] [F] mama's name?
[C]
[N]
What's [F] your
[Eb] [Bb] mama's name?
[Eb]
Thirty-some odd years ago, a young man [Bb] came to Memphis
Asking about a [F] 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 [Cm] day they heard him ask [F] a little green [Bb]-eyed girl
What's your [Eb] mama's name, [F] child?
What's your [Bb] mama's name?
Does she [Eb] ever talk [Bb] about a place called New [F] Orleans?
[Bb] Has she [F] ever mentioned [D] a man named [Eb] Buford Wilson?
[Bb] What's your [Eb] mama's name, [Bb] child?
[F] What's your [Bb] mama's name?
[B]
Twenty-some [A] 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 girl [B] a question
And offered [Dbm] her a nickel's worth [Gb] of candy if [B] she'd tell
A [C]
year and some [Bb] odd days ago, [F] an old man died [C] in Memphis
Just another [G] wayward soul [F] the county had [C] to claim
Inside the old [Bb] man's ragged coat [F] they found a faded [C] letter
Said you have [Dm] a daughter and [Gm] her [G] eyes are Wilson [C] green
What's your [F] mama's name, [G] child?
What's your [C] mama's name?
Does she ever [F] [C]
[G] talk about a place called New Orleans?
[C] Has she ever [G] mentioned [E] a man named [F] Buford Wilson?
[C] What's your
[F] mama's name, child?
[C] [G] What's your
[C] mama's name?
What's your
[F] mama's name?
[G]
What's your
[Dm] [F] mama's name?
[C]
[N]
Key:
F
Bb
C
Eb
G
F
Bb
C
_ What's your _ [Eb] mama's name, _ child? _ _ _ _ _
_ _ What's [F] _ your _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] mama's name?
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ Thirty-some odd years ago, a young man [Bb] came to Memphis
_ _ Asking about a [F] 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 [Cm] day they heard him ask [F] a little green [Bb]-eyed _ _ _ girl _ _
_ What's your _ [Eb] mama's name, [F] child?
What's your [Bb] mama's _ name?
Does she [Eb] ever talk [Bb] about a place called New [F] Orleans? _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] Has she [F] ever _ mentioned [D] a man named [Eb] Buford _ Wilson? _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ What's your _ [Eb] mama's name, [Bb] child?
[F] What's your _ [Bb] mama's name? _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Twenty-some [A] 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 girl [B] a question _
And offered [Dbm] her a nickel's worth [Gb] of candy if [B] she'd _ _ tell
A _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ year and some [Bb] odd days ago, [F] an old man died [C] in Memphis
_ Just another [G] _ wayward soul [F] the county had [C] to claim _ _ _ _ _
Inside the old [Bb] man's ragged coat [F] they found a faded [C] letter _ _
Said you have [Dm] a daughter _ _ _ and [Gm] her [G] eyes are _ Wilson _ [C] _ green _
_ _ _ _ What's your [F] mama's name, [G] child?
What's your [C] mama's name?
_ Does she ever [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[G] talk about _ _ a place called New Orleans?
[C] Has she ever [G] _ _ mentioned [E] a man named [F] Buford _ Wilson?
_ _ _ _ [C] _ What's your _
[F] mama's name, child?
[C] _ [G] What's your _
[C] mama's name?
_ What's your _
[F] mama's name? _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
What's your _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [F] mama's _ _ name? _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
_ _ What's [F] _ your _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] mama's name?
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ Thirty-some odd years ago, a young man [Bb] came to Memphis
_ _ Asking about a [F] 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 [Cm] day they heard him ask [F] a little green [Bb]-eyed _ _ _ girl _ _
_ What's your _ [Eb] mama's name, [F] child?
What's your [Bb] mama's _ name?
Does she [Eb] ever talk [Bb] about a place called New [F] Orleans? _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] Has she [F] ever _ mentioned [D] a man named [Eb] Buford _ Wilson? _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ What's your _ [Eb] mama's name, [Bb] child?
[F] What's your _ [Bb] mama's name? _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Twenty-some [A] 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 girl [B] a question _
And offered [Dbm] her a nickel's worth [Gb] of candy if [B] she'd _ _ tell
A _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ year and some [Bb] odd days ago, [F] an old man died [C] in Memphis
_ Just another [G] _ wayward soul [F] the county had [C] to claim _ _ _ _ _
Inside the old [Bb] man's ragged coat [F] they found a faded [C] letter _ _
Said you have [Dm] a daughter _ _ _ and [Gm] her [G] eyes are _ Wilson _ [C] _ green _
_ _ _ _ What's your [F] mama's name, [G] child?
What's your [C] mama's name?
_ Does she ever [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[G] talk about _ _ a place called New Orleans?
[C] Has she ever [G] _ _ mentioned [E] a man named [F] Buford _ Wilson?
_ _ _ _ [C] _ What's your _
[F] mama's name, child?
[C] _ [G] What's your _
[C] mama's name?
_ What's your _
[F] mama's name? _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
What's your _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [F] mama's _ _ name? _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _