Capo 1 
 
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 (make when deep) and ocean waves  

(I can't understand the lyrics in this part) 
 
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)