Intro
C C
[Chorus]
C F
Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys
G
Don't let 'em pick guitars and drive them old trucks
G C
Make 'em be doctors and lawyers and such
C F
Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys
G
They'll never stay home and they're always alone
G C
Even with someone they love
[Verse 1]
C F
A cowboy ain't easy to love and he's harder to hold
G C
He'd rather give you a song than silver or gold
C
Budwiser buckles and soft faded Wrangler's
F
And each night begins a new day
G
If you can't understand him and he don't die young
G C
He'll probably just ride away
[Chorus]
C F
Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys
G
Don't let 'em pick guitars and drive them old trucks
G C
Make 'em be doctors and lawyers and such
C F
Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys
G
They'll never stay home and they're always alone
G C
Even with someone they love
[verse 2]
C F
A cowboy like smoky old pool rooms and clear mountain mornings
G C
Little warm puppies and children and girls of the night
C
Them that don't know him won't like him and them that do
F
Sometimes won't know how to take him
F G
He ain't wrong, he's just different and his pride won't let him
G C
Do things to make you think he's right
[Chorus]
C F
Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys
G
Don't let 'em pick guitars and drive them old trucks
G C
Make 'em be doctors and lawyers and such
C F
Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys