Mammas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys chords by
Waylon Jennings

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Key: D major

Verse 1
D D 
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D D 
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Cowboys ain't easy to love
G G 
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and they're harder to hold
A A 
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They'd rather give you a song
D D 
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than diamonds or gold
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Lonestar belt buckles and old faded Levi's
G G 
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and each night begins a new day
A A 
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If you don't understand him
and he don't die young
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He'll probably just ride away

Chorus 1
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Mamas' don't let your babies
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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
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Let 'em be doctors and lawyers and such
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Mamas' don't let your babies
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grow up to be cowboys
A A 
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'Cause they'll never stay home
and they're always alone
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Even with someone they love

Verse 2
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Cowboys like smokey old pool rooms
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and clear mountain mornin's
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Little warm puppies
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and children and girls of the night
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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
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to make you think he's right

Chorus 2
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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
E E 
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Let 'em be doctors and lawyers and such
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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'Cause they'll never stay home
and they're always alone
E E 
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Even with someone they love

Chorus 3
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
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Let 'em be doctors and lawyers and such
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