Waylon Jennings – Mammas Dont Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys (Guitar Live)

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[Verse 1]
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Cowboys ain't easy to love

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And they're harder to hold

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They'd rather give you a song

                   D
Than diamonds or gold

 D
Lonestar belt buckles
And old faded levis
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And each night begins a new day

        A
If you don't understand him
And he don't die young
                          D
He'll prob'ly just ride away
[Chorus]
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Mamas, don't let your babies

                 G
Grow up to be cowboys

       A
Don't let 'em pick guitars
Or drive them old trucks
 A
Let 'em be doctors

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And lawyers and such

  D
Mamas don't let your babies

                 G
Grow up to be cowboys

                A
Cause they'll never stay home
And they're always alone
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Even with someone they love
[Verse 2]
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Cowboys like smoky old pool rooms

                      G
And clear mountain mornings

  A
Little warm puppies and children

                   D
And girls of the night

  D
Them that don't know him
Won't like him and them that do
   G
Sometimes won't know how to take him

          A
He ain't wrong, he's just different
But his pride won't let him
                                   D
Do things to make you think he's right
[Chorus]
  D
Mamas, don't let your babies

                 G
Grow up to be cowboys

       A
Don't let 'em pick guitars
Or drive them old trucks
 A
Let 'em be doctors

                  D
And lawyers and such

  D
Mamas don't let your babies

                 G
Grow up to be cowboys

                A
Cause they'll never stay home
And they're always alone
                         D
Even with someone they love
[Outro]
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Cause they'll never stay home
And they're always alone
                         D
Even with someone they love