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