Willie Nelson – Mammas Dont Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys (Guitar)

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Authors Note: For extra authenticity, alternate between the root note and the perfect fifth on the 1 counts. For example: 1 2 3 G strum - a - strum - a 1 2 3 D strum - a - strum - a or 1 2 3 D strum - a - strum - a 1 2 3 A strum - a - strum - a [Chorus]
                                          G
Mamas 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
Mamas 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 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
Mamas 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
Mamas 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]
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 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 them pick guitars and drive them old trucks

                                     E
Make them be doctors and lawyers and such

                                           A
Mamas 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

E                                         A
Mamas 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
(Fade out)