Mama Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys chords by Merle Haggard

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Verse 1
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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,
drive them old trucks,
make 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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They'll never stay home
when they're always alone
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Even with someone they love
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A  cowboy ain't easy to love
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He's harder to hold
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He'd rather give you a song
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than a silver old coat
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Button wires and buckles,
saw and faded rags
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Each night begins a new day
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If you can't understand him,
he don't value you
Well, you're probably just
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right of way
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
Make them be doctors and
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lawyers and such
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Mamas don't let your babies
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grow up to be cowboys
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They'll never stay home,
they're always alone
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Even with someone they love
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Cowboys love smoky old boomerangs
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and clear mountain moors
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Little warm puppies and children,
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girls of the night
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Them that don't know
him won't like him
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Them that do sometimes won't
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know how to take him
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Hell, he ain't wrong, he's just different
His pride won't let him do things
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to make you think he's right
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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
Make 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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They'll never stay home
and they're always alone
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Even with someone they love
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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 old trucks
Make them be doctors and
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lawyers and such
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Mamas, don't let your babies
grow up
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to be cannibals
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They'll never stay home
and they're always alone
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Even with someone they love