MAMA KNOWS
Shenandoah
Album: The Road Not Taken
Sumbitted by: Christopher R.
7/29/2023

Capo 1st Fret (to match recording)

Intro: (Gadd9) (Cadd9) (Gadd9) (Cadd9) (Gadd9) (Cadd9) (Gadd9) (Cadd9)

(Gadd9) Me and Jimmy Crowder, and a (Cadd9) single cigarette
(Gadd9) Crouched down in a (D) stall, out in the (Cadd9) barn
(Gadd9) Three puffs later, we were (Cadd9) sick as we could get
(Gadd9) Prayin' we'd get (D) better before (Cadd9) we got (D) home (D/C) (D/B)
(Am) She saw me comin' through the (D) back door screen (D/C) (D/B)
(Am) I knew the (Bm) minute that she (C) looked at (D) me

  Mama (Gadd9) knows, (Cadd9) mama (Gadd9) knows (Cadd9) 
  (Gadd9) Sometimes I (Em) think she's got a (Cadd9) window to my (D) soul
  Mama (Gadd9) knows, (Cadd9) mama (Gadd9) knows (Cadd9) 
  (Em) Even when I (D) think it doesn't (Cadd9) show (D)
  Mama (Cadd9) knows 

(Gadd9) (Cadd9) (Gadd9) (Cadd9)

Me and Becky Johnson ankle deep in ocean waves
Pants rolled up and hearts out on our sleeves
Both needin' more than either one of us could say
That first love left the sweetest memory
15 and shy, I didn't tell a soul
How is it mama never has to be told?

Repeat Chorus

(Am) I wasn't home when mama (D) passed away (D/C) (D/B)
(Am) I didn't get to (Bm) say, I love you
(D) But I've (E) got this feelin'

  Mama (Aadd9) knows, (Dadd9) mama (Aadd9) knows (Dadd9) 
  (Aadd9) Sometimes I (F#m) think she's got a (Dadd9) window to my (E) soul
  Mama (Aadd9) knows, (Dadd9) mama (Aadd9) knows (Dadd9) 
  (F#m) Even when I (E) think it doesn't (Dadd9) show (E)
  Mama (Dadd9) knows