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

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Verse 1:
     D                                                   G
        Cowboys ain't easy to love and they're harder to hold

        A                                       D
        They'd rather give you a song than diamonds or gold

                                                             G
        Lonestar belt buckles and old faded Levi's and each night begins a new day

           A
        If you don't understand him and he don't die young

                                  D
        He'll probably just ride away
Chorus:
        D                                          G
        Mammas don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys

               A
        Don't let them pick guitars and drive them old trucks

                                              D
        Make them be doctors and lawyers and such

                                                   G
        Mammas don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys

                 A
        They'll never stay home and they're always alone

                                D
        Even with someone they love
Verse 2: (A tone higher)
    E                                                        A
        Cowboys like smokey ol' pool rooms and clear mountain mornings

         B                                                 E
        Little warm puppies and children and girls of the night
Them that don't know him won't like him
                          A
        And them that do sometimes won't know how to take him

            B
        He ain't wrong, he's just different but his pride won't let him

                                                E
        Do the things that make you think he's right
Chorus:
        E                                          A
        Mammas don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys

             B
        Don't let them pick guitars and drive them old trucks

                                           E
        Make them be doctors and lawyers and such

                                                   A
        Mammas don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys

              B
        They'll never stay home and they're always alone

                             E
        Even with someone they love