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