Willie Nelson – Mammas Dont Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys (Bass Tab)
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[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Cowboys ain't easy to love and they're harder to hold
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They'd rather give you a song than diamonds or gold
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Lonestar belt buckles and old faded levis and each night begins a new day
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If you don't understand him, an' he don't die young, he'll prob'ly just ride away
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[Chorus]
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Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys
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Don't let 'em pick guitars or drive them old trucks. Let 'em be doctors and lawyers and such.
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Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys
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'Cause they'll never stay home and they're always alone. Even with someone they love
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[Verse 2]
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Cowboys like smokey old pool rooms and clear mountain mornings
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Little warm puppies and children and girls of the night
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Them that don't know him won't like him and them that do
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Sometimes won't know how to take him. He ain't wrong, he's just different
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but his pride won't let him. Do things to make you think he's right
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[Chorus]
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Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys
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Don't let 'em pick guitars or drive them old trucks. Let 'em be doctors and lawyers and such
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Mamas don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys
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'Cause they'll never stay home and they're always alone. Even with someone they love
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