What's your mama's name, child Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]What's your mama's [C]name child?
[D]What's [G]your [D]mama's
[C]nam[G]e?

[Verse 2]
[G]Thirty some odd years ago,
[C]a young man came to Mem[G]phis
Askin' 'bout a [D]rose that used
to [C]blossom in his [G]world
People never [F]took the time to [C]mind
the young man's [G]questions
Until one day they [Am]heard him ask
a [D]little green- eyed girl
[G]

[Verse 3]
[G]What's your mama's [C]name, child?
[D]What's your mama's [G]name?
Does she ever [C]talk about [G]a place
called New Or[D]leans?
[G]Has she ever [D]mentioned [Bm]a man
[Bdim]named Bu[C]fford Wilson?
[G]What's your mama's [C]name, child?
[G]What's [D]your mama's name?

[Interlude 1]
[G][Ab]

[Verse 4]
[Ab]Twenty some odd [Gb]years ago,
[Db]a drunkard down in Mem[Ab]phis
Lost a month of [Eb]life and labor
[Db]to the county ja[Ab]il
Just because he [Gb]asked a little
[Db]green- eyed girl a ques[Ab]tion
And offered her a [Bbm]nick el's
worth of [Eb]candy if she'd tell
[Ab][A]

[Verse 5]
A year and some odd [G]days ago,
a [D]old man died in Mem[A]phis
Just another [E]wayward soul
[D]the county had to [A]claim
Inside the old man's [G]ragged coat,
they [D]found a faded let[A]ter
That said you've got a [Bm]daughter and
her [E]eyes are Wilson [A]green.

[Verse 6]
[A]What's your mama's [D]name, child?
[E]What's your mama's [A]name?
Does she ever [D]talk about a [A]place
called New Or[E]leans?
[A]Has she ever [E]mentioned a [C#dim]man
named [D]Bufford Wilson?
[A]What's your mama's [D]name, child?
[E]What's your mama's [A]name?

[Verse 7]
[A]What's your mama's [D]name child?
What's [A]your [E]mama's [D]nam[D]e?