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