Standard (EADGBE)
WHAT'S YOUR MAMA'S NAME CHILD WHAT'S YOUR MAMA'S NAME
THIRTY SOME ODD YEARS AGO
A YOUNG MAN CAME TO MEMPHIS
ASKING BOUT A ROSE THAT USED TO BLOSSOM IN HIS WORLD
PEOPLE NEVER TOOK THE TIME
TO MIND THE YOUNG MAN'S QUESTIONS
TILL ONE DAY THEY HEARD HIM ASK A LITTLE GREEN EYED GIRL
CHO:
WHAT'S YOUR MAMA'S NAME CHILD
WHAT'S YOUR MAMA'S NAME
DOES SHE EVER TALK ABOUT A PLACE CALLED NEW ORLEANS
HAS SHE EVER MENTIONED A MAN NAMED BUFORD WILSON
WHAT'S YOUR MAMA'S NAME CHILD
WHAT'S YOUR MAMA'S NAME
TWENTY SOME ODD YEARS AGO
DRUNKARD DOWN IN MEMPHIS
LOST A MONTH OF LIFE IN LABOR TO THE COUNTY JAIL
JUST BECAUSE HE ASKED A LITTLE GREEN EYED GIRL A QUESTION
AND OFFERED HER A NICKELS WORTH OF CANDY IF SHE'D TELL
REPEAT CHO:
A YEAR AND SOME ODD DAYS AGO
AN OLD MAN DIED IN MEMPHIS
JUST ANOTHER WAYWARD SOUL THE COUNTY'D HAVE TO PAY
INSIDE THE OLD MAN'S RAGGED COAT
THEY FOUND FADED LETTER
IT SAID YOU HAVE A DAUGHTER
AND HE EYES ARE WILSON GREEN
REPEAT CHO: 2X'S