Mama Knows Chords
by Shenandoah
Mama Knows by Shenandoah is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords G, C, D, B, Am, Em and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro:
G C D C G C D G
G D C
Me and Jimmy Chrowder and a single cigarette
G D C
Crouched down in a stall out in the barn
G D C
Three puffs later we were sick as we could get
G D C D (C B bass lead)
praying we get better before we got home
Am D (C B bass lead)
she saw me comin' through the back door screen
Am Em C D
I knew the minute that she looked at me
Chorus
G C G C
Mama knows, Mama knows
G Em C D
somehow I think she's got a window to my soul
G C G C
Mama knows, Mama knows
Em Am C D
Even when I think it doesn't show
C G C D C
Mama knows, mama knows
Verse 2
Me and Becky Johnson ankle deep in ocean waves
pants rolled up and hearts out on our sleeves
both feelin' more than either one of us could say
that first love let the sweetest memory
Fifteen and shy I didn't tell a soul
how is that Mama never has to be told
Repeat Chorus
Bridge
Am D
I wasn't home when Mama passed away
Am
I didn't get to say I love you
D E
but I got this feelin'
Repeat chorus (key change up one whole step)