Mammas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys chords by Waylon Jennings (Official Version)
Verse 1
D
D
D
Cowboys ain't easy to love
G
and they're harder to hold
A7
They'd rather give you a song
D
than diamonds or gold
D
Lonestar belt buckles and old faded Levi's
G
and each night begins a new day
A7
If you don't understand him
and he don't die young
D
He'll probably just ride away
Chorus 1
D
Mamas' don't let your babies
G
grow up to be cowboys
A7
Don't let 'em pick guitars
or drive them old trucks
D
Let 'em be doctors and lawyers and such
D
Mamas' don't let your babies
G
grow up to be cowboys
A7
'Cause they'll never stay home
and they're always alone
D
Even with someone they love
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Verse 2
E
Cowboys like smokey old pool rooms
A
and clear mountain mornin's
B7
Little warm puppies
E
and children and girls of the night
E
Them that don't know him won't like him
And them that do
A
sometimes won't know how to take him
B7
He ain't wrong he's just different
But his pride won't let him do things
E
to make you think he's right
Chorus 2
E
Mamas' don't let your babies
A
grow up to be cowboys
B7
Don't let 'em pick guitars
or drive them old trucks
E
Let 'em be doctors and lawyers and such
E
Mamas' don't let your babies
A
grow up to be cowboys
B7
'Cause they'll never stay home
and they're always alone
E
Even with someone they love
Chorus 3
E
Mamas' don't let your babies
A
grow up to be cowboys
B7
Don't let 'em pick guitars
or drive them old trucks
E
Let 'em be doctors and lawyers and such
[Fade out]
Mammas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys
Waylon Jennings
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