Intro
F F
[Chorus]
F A#
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 A#
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 A#
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
A#
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 A#
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 A#
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 A#
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
A#
Sometimes won't know how to take him
A# 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 A#
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 A#
Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys