Mama Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys — Ed Bruce
Chords and lyrics for Mama Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys by Ed Bruce (key of C).
Intro
[C] [C]
Chorus
[C]Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be [F]cowboys
Don't [G]let 'em pick guitars and drive them old trucks
[G]Make 'em be doctors and lawyers and [C]such
[C]Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be [F]cowboys
They'll [G]never stay home and they're always alone
[G]Even with someone they [C]love
Verse 1
[C]A cowboy ain't easy to love and he's harder to [F]hold
He'd [G]rather give you a song than silver or [C]gold
[C]Budweiser buckles and soft faded Wrangler's
And [F]each night begins a new day
If you [G]can't understand him and he don't die young
[G]He'll probably just ride [C]away
Chorus
[C]Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be [F]cowboys
Don't [G]let 'em pick guitars and drive them old trucks
[G]Make 'em be doctors and lawyers and [C]such
[C]Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be [F]cowboys
They'll [G]never stay home and they're always alone
[G]Even with someone they [C]love
Verse 2
[C]A cowboy like smoky old pool rooms and clear mountain [F]mornings
Little [G]warm puppies and children and girls of the [C]night
[C]Them that don't know him won't like him and them that do
[F]Sometimes won't know how to take him
[F]He ain't [G]wrong, he's just different and his pride won't let him
[G]Do things to make you think he's [C]right
Chorus
[C]Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be [F]cowboys
Don't [G]let 'em pick guitars and drive them old trucks
[G]Make 'em be doctors and lawyers and [C]such
[C]Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be [F]cowboys
They'll[G] never stay home and they're always alone
[G]Even with someone they [C]love
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