Mama Knows chords by Shenandoah

• Capo on 2nd
• Difficulty: Intermediate

Key: A

🎸 Intro:

G Am7 C D  (x2)



🎸 Verse 1:
G                  C
Me and Jimmy Crowder and a single cigarette
G                  C
Crouched down in a stall out in the barn.
G                      C
Three puffs later we were sick as we could get
G               C    D
Praying we'd get better before we got home.
Am     Am7/B       C
She saw me coming through the back door screen
Am     Am7/B      C    D
I knew the minute that she looked at me.

🎸 Chorus:
   G G/B C   G G/B C
Mama knows
Mama knows.
  G G/F#  Em         C      D
Sometimes I think she's got a window to my soul.
   G G/B C   G G/B C
Mama knows
Mama knows.
Em              C  D
Even when I think it doesn't show
   C
Mama knows.

🎸 Verse 2:
G                  C
Me and Becky Johnson ankle deep in ocean waves
G                  C
Pants rolled up and hearts out on our sleeves
G                  C
Both feeling more than either one of us could say
G               C    D
That first love left the sweetest memory
Am     Am7/B       C
Fifteen and shy I didn't tell a soul.
Am    Am7/B    C     D
How is it Mama never has to be told?

🎸 Chorus:
   G G/B C   G G/B C
Mama knows
Mama knows.
  G G/F#  Em         C      D
Sometimes I think she's got a window to my soul.
   G G/B C   G G/B C
Mama knows
Mama knows.
Em              C  D
Even when I think it doesn't show
   C   C  G/B  Am:
Mama knows.

🎸 Bridge:
Am              D C  G/B  Am:
I wasn't home when Mama passed away.
Am       Am7/B   C
Didn't get to say I love you
C          E
But I've got this feeling.

🎸 Chorus:
Key Change
A A/C# D   A A/C# D
Mama knows
Mama knows
  A     F#m        D      E
Sometimes I think she's got a window to my soul.
A A/C# D   A A/C# D
Mama knows
Mama knows
F#m              D  E
Even when I think it doesn't show
A Bm7 D E  A Bm7 D E
Mama knows.

N. C.
Mama knows.