What's Your Mama's Name? chords by George Jones
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Intro 1
(D major)
Verse 1
(D major) Thirty some odd (C major) years ago a young (G major)
man came to Memph (D major) is
Askin' 'bout a rose (A major) that used
to blossom (G major) in his (D major) world
People never took (C major) the time to mind (G major)
the young man's (D major) questions
Until one day they (G major) heard him ask
a (A major) little green eyed (D major) girl (A major)
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Verse 2
(D major) What's your mama's name, (G major) child,
what's (A major) your mama's name (D major)
Does she ever talk (G major) about
a place (D major) called New Orleans
(A major) (D major) Has she ever men (A major) tioned a
(D major) man named Buford (G major) Wilson (A major) (G major)
(A major) What's (D major) your mama's name, (G major) child,
(A major) what's your mama's (D major) name?
Verse 3
(D major) Twenty some odd (C major) years ago a
drunk (G major) ard down in Memph (D major) is
Lost a month of life (A major) and labored
to (G major) the county jail (D major)
Just because he (C major) asked a little
green (G major) eyed girl a (D major) question
And offered her a nick (G major) el's
worth of candy (A major) if she'd tell (D major)
Verse 4
A (B flat major) (E flat major) year and some odd days (D flat major) ago
an old (A flat major) man died in Memphis (E flat major)
Just another way (B flat major) ward soul
the (A flat major) county had to (E flat major) claim
Inside the old man's (D flat major) ragged coat
they found (A flat major) a faded let (E flat major) ter
That said you got a daughter (A flat major) and her
(B flat major) eyes are Wilson (E flat major) green (B flat major)
Verse 5
(E flat major) What's your mama's name, (A flat major) child,
(B flat major) what's your mama's name (E flat major)
Does she ever talk (A flat major) about
a place (E flat major) called New Orleans
(B flat major) Has she (E flat major) ever men (B flat major) tioned a man
named (E flat major) Buford Wilson (A flat major) (B flat major)
(E flat major) What's your mama's name, (A flat major) child,
(B flat major) what's your mama's name? (E flat major)
Verse 6
(E flat major) What's your mama's name (A flat major) child,
what's (B flat major) your mama's name? (E flat major)
What's Your Mama's Name?
George Jones
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