Mama Knows chords by Shenandoah

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 2nd
• Difficulty: Intermediate

Key: A augmentedA

🎸 Intro:

G+G Am7Am7 C majorC D MajorD  (x2)


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

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

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

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

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

🎸 Chorus:
Key Change
A augmentedA A/C#A/C# D MajorD   A augmentedA A/C#A/C# D MajorD
Mama knows
Mama knows
  A augmentedA     F# minorF#m        D MajorD      E MajorE
Sometimes I think she's got a window to my soul.
A augmentedA A/C#A/C# D MajorD   A augmentedA A/C#A/C# D MajorD
Mama knows
Mama knows
F# minorF#m              D MajorD  E MajorE
Even when I think it doesn't show
A augmentedA Bm7Bm7 D MajorD E MajorE  A augmentedA Bm7Bm7 D MajorD E MajorE
Mama knows.

N. C.
Mama knows.