Tanya Tucker – Whats Your Mamas Name (Guitar)

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[Intro]
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What's your mama's name child, what's your mama's name?
[Verse 1]
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Thirty some odd years ago a young man came to Memphis

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Asking 'bout a rose that used to blossom in his world

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People never took the time to mind the young man's questions

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Till one day they heard him ask a little green eyed girl
[Chorus]
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What's your mama's name child, what's your mama's name?

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Does she ever talk about a place called New Orleans?

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Has she ever mentioned a man named Buford Wilson?

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What's your mama's name child, what's your mama's name?
[Verse 2]
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Twenty some odd years ago a drunkard down in Memphis

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Lost a month of life in labor to the county jail

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Just because he asked a little green eyed girl a question

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And offered her a nickel's worth of candy if she'd tell
[Chorus]
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What's your mama's name child, what's your mama's name?

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Does she ever talk about a place called New Orleans?

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Has she ever mentioned a man named Buford Wilson?

G                  C           G           D7     G
What's your mama's name child, what's your mama's name?
[Verse 3]
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A year and some odd days ago an old man died in Memphis

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Just another wayward soul the county'd have to pay

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Inside the old man's ragged coat they found a faded letter

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It said you have a daughter and her eyes are Wilson green
[Chorus]
G                  C           D                  G
What's your mama's name child, what's your mama's name?

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

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

G                  C           G           D7     G
What's your mama's name child, what's your mama's name?