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