Chord/Tab song: What's Your Mama's Name

What's your mama[C]'s name child what's your mama[G]'s name[D7][G]

Thirty some [D7]odd years ago a [C]young man came to [G]Memphis

Asking bout a [D7]rose that used to [C]blossom in his [G]world

People never [D7]took the time to [C]mind the young man's [G]questions

Till one day they [D7]heard him ask a little green eyed [G]girl


What's your mama's [C]name child [D7]what's your mama's [G]name

Does she ever [C]talk about a [G]place called New [D7]Orleans

[G]Has she ever [D7]mentioned a [G]man named Buford [C]Wilson

[G]What's your mama's [C]name child [G]what's your [D7]mama's [G]name


Twenty some [D7]odd years ago a [C]drunkard down in [G]Memphis

Lost a month of [D7]life in labor [C]to the county [G]jail

Just because [D7]he asked a little [C]green eyed girl a [G]question

And offered her a [D7]nickels worth of candy if she'd [G]tell


What's your mama's [C]name child [D7]what's your mama's [G]name

Does she ever [C]talk about a [G]place called New [D7]Orleans

[G]Has she ever [D7]mentioned a [G]man named Buford [C]Wilson

[G]What's your mama's [C]name child [G]what's your [D7]mama's [G]name


A year and some [D7]odd days ago an [C]old man died in [G]Memphis

Just another [D7]wayward soul the [C]county'd have to [G]pay

Inside the old [D7]man's ragged coat [C]they found a faded [G]letter

It said you have a [D7]daughter and her eyes are Wilson [G]green


What's your mama's [C]name child [D7]what's your mama's [G]name

Does she ever [C]talk about a [G]place called New [D7]Orleans

[G]Has she ever [D7]mentioned a [G]man named Buford [C]Wilson

[G]What's your mama's [C]name child [G]what's your [D7]mama's [G]name