Capo 1 Intro G5 C5 D5 C5 G5 C5 D5 G5 G5 D5 C5 Me and Jimmy Chrowder and a single cigarette G5 D5 C5 Crouched down in a stall out in the barn G5 D5 C5 Three puffs later we were sick as we could get G5 D5 C5 D5 ( C5 B5 bass lead) praying we get better before we got home Am D5 ( C5 B5 bass lead) she saw me comin' through the back door screen Am E5 C5 D5 I knew the minute that she looked at me Chorus G5 C5 G5 C5 Mama knows, Mama knows G5 E5 C5 D5 somehow I think she's got a window to my soul G5 C5 G5 C5 Mama knows, Mama knows E5 Am C5 D5 Even when I think it doesn't show C5 G5 C5 D5 C5 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 D5 I wasn't home when Mama passed away Am I didn't get to say I love you D5 E5 but I got this feelin' Repeat chorus (key change up one whole step)