MAMAS DON'T LET YOUR BABIES GROW UP TO BE COWBOYS

written by E. & P. Bruce

performed by Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson.

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     Verse 1:
  D (xx0232@1)                                                 G (320003@1)
	Cowboys ain't easy to love and they're harder to hold
        A (x02220@1)                                     D (xx0232@1)They'd rather give you asong (x02210@1)than diamonds or gold
                                                             G (320003@1)         
	Lonestar belt buckles and old faded Levi's and each night begins anew (x02210@1)day	
           A (x02220@1)                       
	If you don't understand him and he don't die young
                                  D (xx0232@1)He'll probably just ride away


        Chorus:
        D (xx0232@1)                                       G (320003@1)   
	Mamas don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys
               A (x02220@1)                                       
	Don't let them pick guitars and drive them old trucks
                                              D (xx0232@1)Make them be doctors and lawyers and such
                                                   G (320003@1)
	Mamas don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys
                 A (x02220@1)           
	They'll never stay home and they're always alone
                                D (xx0232@1)
	Even with someone they love


        Verse 2:(A tone higher) 
    E (022100@1)                                                      A (x02220@1)	Cowboys like smokey ol' pool rooms and clear mountain mornings
         B (x2444x@1)                                               E (022100@1)Little warm puppies and children and girls of the night

	Them that don't know him won't like him
                          A (x02220@1)	And them that do sometimes won't know how to take him
            B (x2444x@1)He ain't wrong, he's just different but his pride won't let him
                                                E (022100@1)Do the things that make you think he's right


        Chorus
        E (022100@1)                                       A (x02220@1)   
	Mamas don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys
             B (x2444x@1)                                       
	Don't let them pick guitars and drive them old trucks
                                           E (022100@1)Make them be doctors and lawyers and such
                                                   A (x02220@1)
	Mamas don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys
              B (x2444x@1)           
	They'll never stay home and they're always alone
                             E (022100@1)
	Even with someone they love