Chords for Waylon Jennings - Mammas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys

[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Cowboys ain't easy to love and they're harder [G] to hold
_ _ _ _ [A] They'd rather give you a song than diamonds [D] or gold _ _
_ Long star belt buckles and old faded [G] Levi's
And each night begins a new day
[A] If you don't understand him and he don't die yet
He'll probably just ride [D] away
_ _ _ _ Mamas don't let your babies grow up to be [G] cowboys _
Don't [A] let them pick guitars or drive them over
Let them be doctors and [D] lawyers and such
_ Mamas don't let your babies grow up to [G] be cowboys
_ They _ [A] never stay home and they're always alone
Even with some one [D] day love
_ _ _ _ [E] Cowboys like smoky old pool rooms and clear [A] mountain mornings _
_ _ [B] Little warm puppies and children and girls [E] of the night
And _ _ _ _ that don't know him won't like him and them that do
[A] Sometimes won't know how to take it
He [B] ain't wrong he's just different
But his pride won't let him do things to make you [E] think he's right _
_ _ _ Mamas don't let your babies grow up to [A] be cowboys _ _ _
[B] Don't let them pick guitars or drive them over
Let them be doctors and [E] lawyers and such
Mamas _ don't let your babies grow up [A] to be cowboys _
They _ [B] never stay home and they're always alone
Even with some one [E] day love _ _
_ _ Mamas don't _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B]
let your babies grow up _ _ to be cowboys