Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys chords by The Highwaymen

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Intro 1

Verse 1
D 
Cowboys ain't  (D major) easy to love,
and they're harder to hold
G 
A 
 (G major)  (A major) They'd rather give you a song
D 
than diamonds or gold  (D major) 
Lone star belt buckles and old faded Levis
G 
And  (G major) each night begins a new day
A 
And if you don't under (A major) stand him,
an' he don't die young
D 
He'll prob'ly just ride  (D major) away

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Verse 2
D 
 (D major) 
Mamas, don't let your babies
G 
grow up to be cow (G major) boys
A 
Don't  (A major) let 'em pick guitars
or drive them old trucks
Let 'em be doctors and
D 
lawyers and  (D major) such
Mamas, don't let your babies
G 
grow up to be cow (G major) boys
A 
They'll  (A major) never stay home and
they're always alone
D 
Even with someone they  (D major) love

Verse 3
E 
 (E major) Cowboys like smokey old poolrooms
A 
and clear mountain morn (A major) ings
B 
 (B major) Little warm puppies, and children,
E 
and girls of the  (E major) night
And them that don't know him won't
like him and them that do
A 
Sometimes  (A major) won't know how to take him
B 
He ain't wrong,  (B major) he's just different,
but his pride won't let him
Do things to make you
think he's right
E 
 (E major) 

Verse 4
E 
 (E major) Mamas, don't let your babies
A 
grow up to be cow (A major) boys
B 
Don't  (B major) let 'em pick guitars
or drive them old trucks
Let 'em be doctors and
E 
lawyers and  (E major) such
Mamas, don't let your babies
A 
grow up to be cow (A major) boys
B 
They'll  (B major) never stay home and
they're always alone
E 
Even with someone they  (E major) love