Mama Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys chords by Lucinda Williams

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Cowboys ain't easy to love,
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they're hard to hold
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I'd rather give you a song
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than diamonds or gold
On star -built buckles and
old faded Levi's
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And each night begins a new day
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If you don't understand him,
and he don't die young
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He will probably just ride away
Mamas, don't let your babies
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grow up to be cowboys
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Don't let them pick guitars
and drive them old trucks
Let them be doctors and
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lawyers and such
Mamas, don't let your babies
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grow up to be cowboys
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Cause they'll never stay home,
and they're always alone
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Even with someone they love
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so so
Cowboys light smokey old pool rooms
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in the clear of mountain mornings
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Oh, and puppies and children
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and girls of the night
And they don't know him or like him
And then they do,
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sometimes don't know how to take him on
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He ain't wrong, he's just different
But his pride won't let him do things
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that make you think he's right
Mamas, don't let your babies
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grow up to be cowboys
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Don't let them pick guitars
and drive them old trucks
Let them be doctors and
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lawyers and such
Mamas, don't let your babies
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grow up to be cowboys
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Cause they'll never stay home
and they're always alone
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Even with someone they love
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They'll never stay home
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and they're always alone
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I'm with someone they love