Mamas Dont Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys

MAMAS DON'T LET YOUR BABIES GROW UP TO BE COWBOYS
by Waylon Jennings

https://youtu.be/aiC17O_CUpI



[Intro]

D


[Verse 1]

                                                 G
Cowboys ain't easy to love and they're harder to hold
A                                              D
They'd rather give you a song than diamonds or gold
                                                                       G
Lonestar belt buckles and old faded Levi's and each night begins a new day
   A
If you don't understand him and he don't die young
                         D
He'll probably just ride away


[Chorus]

D                                         G
Mamas don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys
      A
Don't let them pick guitars and drive them old trucks
                                   D
Let 'em be doctors and lawyers and such
                                          G
Mamas don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys
        A
They'll never stay home and they're always alone
                       D
Even with someone they love


[Verse 2] (A tone higher)

E                                                     A
Cowboys like smokey ol' pool rooms and clear mountain mornings
B                                                   E
Little warm puppies, and children, and girls of the night
E                                                                                    A
Them that don't know him won't like him and them that do sometimes won't know how to take him
   B
He ain't wrong, he's just different but his pride won't let him
                                     E
Do the things to make you think he's right


[Chorus]

E                                         A
Mamas don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys
      B
Don't let them pick guitars and drive them old trucks
                                     E
Make them be doctors and lawyers and such
                                          A
Mamas don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys
        B
They'll never stay home and they're always alone
                       E
Even with someone they love