Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys chords by
The Highwaymen
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Key: D major
Intro 1
D
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Verse 1
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D

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Cowboys ain't easy to love,
and they're harder to hold
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G

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A
A

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They'd rather give you a song
D
D

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than diamonds or gold
Lone star belt buckles and old faded Levis
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G

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And each night begins a new day
A
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And if you don't understand him,
an' he don't die young
D
D

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He'll prob'ly just ride away
Verse 2
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D

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Mamas, don't let your babies
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G

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grow up to be cowboys
A
A

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Don't let 'em pick guitars
or drive them old trucks
Let 'em be doctors and
D
D

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lawyers and such
Mamas, don't let your babies
G
G

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grow up to be cowboys
A
A

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They'll never stay home and
they're always alone
D
D

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Even with someone they love
Verse 3
E
E

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Cowboys like smokey old poolrooms
A
A

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and clear mountain mornings
B
B
2

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Little warm puppies, and children,
E
E

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and girls of the night
And them that don't know him won't
like him and them that do
A
A

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Sometimes won't know how to take him
B
B
2

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He ain't wrong, he's just different,
but his pride won't let him
Do things to make you
think he's right
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E

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Verse 4
E
E

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Mamas, don't let your babies
A
A

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grow up to be cowboys
B
B
2

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Don't let 'em pick guitars
or drive them old trucks
Let 'em be doctors and
E
E

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lawyers and such
Mamas, don't let your babies
A
A

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grow up to be cowboys
B
B
2

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They'll never stay home and
they're always alone
E
E

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Even with someone they love

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