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

1978Country872 views

Key: D major

Verse 1
D D 
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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
Lonestar belt buckles and old faded Levis
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
D D 
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He'll probably just ride away

Chorus 1
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Mamas, don't let your babies grow up
G G 
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to be cowboys
A A 
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Don't let 'em pick guitars
or drive them old trucks
D D 
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Make 'em be doctors and lawyers and such
Mamas, don't let your babies grow up
G G 
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to be cowboys
A A 
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'Cause they'll never stay home
and they're always alone
D D 
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Even with someone they love

Verse 2
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Cowboys like smoky old pool rooms
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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
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
E E 
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Do things to make you think he's right

Chorus 2
E E 
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Mamas, don't let your babies grow up
A A 
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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
Mamas, don't let your babies grow up
A A 
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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
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