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