Chords with lyrics
C majorC 
G+G 
D7D7 G+G
What's your mama's name child what's your mama's name
D7D7 C majorC G+G
Thirty some odd years ago a young man came to Memphis
D7D7 C majorC G+G
Asking bout a rose that used to blossom in his world
D7D7 C majorC G+G
People never took the time to mind the young man's questions
D7D7 G+G
Till one day they heard him ask a little green eyed girl
C majorC D7D7 G+G
What's your mama's name child what's your mama's name
C majorC G+G D7D7
Does she ever talk about a place called New Orleans
G+G D7D7 G+G C majorC
Has she ever mentioned a man named Buford Wilson
G+G C majorC G+G D7D7 G+G
What's your mama's name child what's your mama's name
D7D7 C majorC G+G
Twenty some odd years ago a drunkard down in Memphis
D7D7 C majorC G+G
Lost a month of life in labor to the county jail
D7D7 C majorC G+G
Just because he asked a little green eyed girl a question
D7D7 G+G
And offered her a nickels worth of candy if she'd tell
C majorC D7D7 G+G
What's your mama's name child what's your mama's name
C majorC G+G D7D7
Does she ever talk about a place called New Orleans
G+G D7D7 G+G C majorC
Has she ever mentioned a man named Buford Wilson
G+G C majorC G+G D7D7 G+G
What's your mama's name child what's your mama's name
D7D7 C majorC G+G
A augmentedA year and some odd days ago an old man died in Memphis
D7D7 C majorC G+G
Just another wayward soul the county'd have to pay
D7D7 C majorC G+G
Inside the old man's ragged coat they found a faded letter
D7D7 G+G
It said you have a daughter and her eyes are Wilson green
C majorC D7D7 G+G
What's your mama's name child what's your mama's name
C majorC G+G D7D7
Does she ever talk about a place called New Orleans
G+G D7D7 G+G C majorC
Has she ever mentioned a man named Buford Wilson
G+G C majorC G+G D7D7 G+G
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