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)