What's Your Mama's Name Child chords by Tammy Wynette

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One,  (C major) two, three, four
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What's your mama's  (F major) name, child?
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What's  (C major) your  (G major) mama's name?  (F major)  (C major) 
Thirty -some odd years ago
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 (F major) A  young man came to  (C major) Memphis
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Asking about a  (G major) rose
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that used to  (F major) blossom in his  (C major) world.
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People never took  (B flat major) the  time to  (F major) mind
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the young man's  (C major) questions
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till one day they heard  (D minor) him  ask a
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 (G major) little green -eyed girl,  (C major) 
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what's your mama's  (F major) name, child,
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 (G major) what's your mama's  (C major) name?
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Does she ever talk  (F major) about
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a place  (C major) called New Orleans?
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 (G major) Has  (C major) she ever men (G major) tioned
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a  (C major) man named Beaverwood  (F major) Wilson?
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What's  (C major) your momma's  (F major) name,
child?
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 (C major) What's your  (G major) momma's  (C major) name?
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Twenty -some -odd years  (B flat major) ago,
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a  (F major) drunkard down in Mem (C major) phis
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Lost a month of life  (G major) and
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labor to  (F major) the county jail
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 (C major) Just because he asked  (B flat major) 
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the little green  (F major) -eyed girl a question
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 (C major) And offered her a nickel's  (D minor) worth
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of candy  (G major) if she'd tell  (C major)  (D major) 
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A year and some odd days  (C major) ago
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an  (G major) old man died in Mem (D major) phis
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Just another way (A major) ward soul
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the  (G major) county had to claim  (D major) 
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Inside the old man's  (C major) ragged coat
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they found  (G major) a faded let (D major) ter
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That said, you've got a daughter  (E minor) 
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And her  (A major) eyes are wilson green  (D major) 
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What's your mama's  (G major) name, child?
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 (A major) What's your mama's  (D major) name?
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Does she ever talk  (G major) about
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a place  (D major) on New Orleans?
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 (A major) Has  (D major) she ever men (A major) tioned
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a  (D major) man named Bifford  (G major) Wilson?
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 (D major) What's your momma's  (G major) name,
child?
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 (D major) What's your mom (A major) ma's  (D major) name?
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What's your momma's  (G major) name, child?
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What's  (D major) your mama's  (A major) name?
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