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