Mama Knows Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
[G]Me and Jimmy
[D]Crowder and [C]a single cigarette
[G]Crouched down in a [D]stall out in the [C]barn
[G]Three puffs lat[D]er we were
[C]sick as we could get
[G]Praying we'd get bet[D]ter
before [C]we got [D]home
[Am]She saw me coming through
the back [D]door [C]screen[Bm]
[Am]I knew the m[Bm]inute that
she [C]looked at [D]me

[Verse 2]
Mama [G]knows, [C]mama kno[G]ws[C]
[G]Sometimes I t[Em]hink she's got
[C]a window to my [D]soul
Mama [G]knows, [C]mama kno[G]ws[C]
[Em]Even when I think it doesn't [C]show[D]
Mama [C]knows
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[Verse 3]
[G]Me and Becky [D]Johnson ankle
[C]deep in ocean waves
Pant[G]s rolled up a[D]nd hearts
out on [C]our sleeves
[G]Both feeling mor[D]e than either
[C]one of us could say
[G]That first love lef[D]t
the sweetest [C]memory[D]
[Am]Fifteen and shy I didn't tell [D]a so[Bm]ul
[Am]How is it ma[Bm]ma never[G] has t[C]o be told[D]

[Verse 4]
Mama [G]knows, [C]mama kno[G]ws[C]
[G]Sometimes I t[Em]hink she's got
a win[C]dow to my [D]soul
Mama [G]knows, [C]mama kno[G]ws[C]
[Em]Even when I think it doesn't [C]show[D]
Mama [C]knows

[Verse 5]
[Am]I wasn't home when
mama [D]passed [Bm]away
[Am]Didn't get to sa[Bm]y I love you[C]
But I've [A]got this [D]feel[E] ing

[Verse 6]
Mama [A]knows, [D]mama kno[A]ws[D]
[A]Sometimes I t[F#m]hink she's got
[D]a window to my [E]soul
Mama [A]knows, [D]mama kno[A]ws[D]
[F#m]Even when I think it doesn't s[D]how[E]
Mama [D]knows

[Outro 1]
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