What's Your Mama's Name? Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D]

[Verse 1]
[D]Thirty some odd [C]years ago a [G]young
man came to Memph[D]is
Askin' 'bout [A]a rose that used
[G]to blossom in his [D]world
People never [C]took the time to [G]mind
the young man's [D]questions
Until one day they [G]heard him ask
a [A]little green eyed [D]girl[A]

[Verse 2]
[D]What's your mama's [G]name, child,
[A]what's your mama's [D]name
Does she ever [G]talk about
[D]a place called New Orleans
[A]Has[D] she ever men[A]tioned a
[D]man named Buford [G]Wilson[A][G]
[A]Wha[D]t's your mama's nam[G]e, child,
[A]what's your mama's [D]name?

[Verse 3]
[D]Twenty some odd [C]years ago a
[G]drunkard down in Memph[D]is
Lost a month of [A]life and labored
[G]to the county [D]jail
Just because he [C]asked a little
[G]green eyed girl a [D]question
And offered her [G]a nickel's
worth of [A]candy if she'd [D]tell

[Verse 4]
[Bb]A ye[Eb]ar and some odd da[Db]ys ago
an [Ab]old man died in M[Eb]emphis
Just another [Bb]way ward soul
the [Ab]county had to [Eb]claim
Inside the old man's [Db]ragged coat
they [Ab]found a faded let[Eb]ter
That said you got a [Ab]daughter and her
[Bb]eyes are Wilson [Eb]green[Bb]

[Verse 5]
[Eb]What's your mama's [Ab]name, child,
[Bb]what's your mama's [Eb]name
Does she ever [Ab]talk about
a [Eb]place called New Orleans
[Bb]Has she [Eb]ever men t[Bb]ioned a man
[Eb]named Buford [Ab]Wilson[Bb]
[Eb]What's your mama's [Ab]name, child,
[Bb]what's your mama's [Eb]name?

[Verse 6]
[Eb]What's your mama's [Ab]name child,
what's [Bb]your mama's [Eb]name?