Mammas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys

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

1978Country
Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

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Fret 2

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  • Verse 1

    Cowboys 
    ain't 
    easy 
    to 
    love 

    and 
    they're 
    harder 
    to 
    hold 

    They'd 
    rather 
    give 
    you 
    song 

    than 
    diamonds 
    or 
    gold 

    Lonestar 
    belt 
    buckles 
    and 
    old 
    faded 
    Levi's 

    and 
    each 
    night 
    begins 
    new 
    day 

    If 
    you 
    don't 
    understand 
    him 

    and 
    he 
    don't 
    die 
    young 

    He'll 
    probably 
    just 
    ride 
    away 

    Chorus 1
    Mamas' 
    don't 
    let 
    your 
    babies 

    grow 
    up 
    to 
    be 
    cowboys 

    Don't 
    let 
    'em 
    pick 
    guitars 

    or 
    drive 
    them 
    old 
    trucks 

    Let 
    'em 
    be 
    doctors 
    and 
    lawyers 
    and 
    such 

    Mamas' 
    don't 
    let 
    your 
    babies 

    grow 
    up 
    to 
    be 
    cowboys 

    'Cause 
    they'll 
    never 
    stay 
    home 

    and 
    they're 
    always 
    alone 

    Even 
    with 
    someone 
    they 
    love 

    Verse 2
    Cowboys 
    like 
    smokey 
    old 
    pool 
    rooms 

    and 
    clear 
    mountain 
    mornin's 

    Little 
    warm 
    puppies 

    and 
    children 
    and 
    girls 
    of 
    the 
    night 

    Them 
    that 
    don't 
    know 
    him 
    won't 
    like 
    him 

    And 
    them 
    that 
    do 

    sometimes 
    won't 
    know 
    how 
    to 
    take 
    him 

    He 
    ain't 
    wrong 
    he's 
    just 
    different 

    But 
    his 
    pride 
    won't 
    let 
    him 
    do 
    things 

    to 
    make 
    you 
    think 
    he's 
    right 

    Chorus 2
    Mamas' 
    don't 
    let 
    your 
    babies 

    grow 
    up 
    to 
    be 
    cowboys 

    Don't 
    let 
    'em 
    pick 
    guitars 

    or 
    drive 
    them 
    old 
    trucks 

    Let 
    'em 
    be 
    doctors 
    and 
    lawyers 
    and 
    such 

    Mamas' 
    don't 
    let 
    your 
    babies 

    grow 
    up 
    to 
    be 
    cowboys 

    'Cause 
    they'll 
    never 
    stay 
    home 

    and 
    they're 
    always 
    alone 

    Even 
    with 
    someone 
    they 
    love 

    Chorus 3
    Mamas' 
    don't 
    let 
    your 
    babies 

    grow 
    up 
    to 
    be 
    cowboys 

    Don't 
    let 
    'em 
    pick 
    guitars 

    or 
    drive 
    them 
    old 
    trucks 

    Let 
    'em 
    be 
    doctors 
    and 
    lawyers 
    and 
    such 

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