Mammas Dont Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys Chords & Lyrics - Waylon Jennings

[VERSE 1]
[D]Cowboys ain't easy to love
And they're harder to h[G]old
Th[A]ey'd rather give you a song
Than diamonds or go[D]ld

L[D]onestar belt buckles

And old faded levis
And e[G]ach night begins a new day
If you d[A]on't understand him

And he don't die young
He'll prob'ly just ride aw[D]ay

[CHORUS]
Ma[D]mas, don't let your babies
Grow up to be cow[G]boys
Don't l[A]et 'em pick guitars

Or drive them old trucks
L[A]et 'em be doctors
And lawyers and su[D]ch
Ma[D]mas don't let your babies
Grow up to be cow[G]boys
Cause they'll ne[A]ver stay home

And they're always alone
Even with someone they lo[D]ve

[VERSE 2]
Cow[D]boys like smoky old pool rooms
And clear mountain mor[G]nings
Li[A]ttle warm puppies and children
And girls of the ni[D]ght
Th[D]em that don't know him

Won't like him and them that do
Som[G]etimes won't know how to take him
He ain't w[A]rong, he's just different

But his pride won't let him
Do things to make you think he's ri[D]ght

[CHORUS]
Ma[D]mas, don't let your babies
Grow up to be cow[G]boys
Don't l[A]et 'em pick guitars

Or drive them old trucks
L[A]et 'em be doctors
And lawyers and su[D]ch
Ma[D]mas don't let your babies
Grow up to be cow[G]boys
Cause they'll ne[A]ver stay home

And they're always alone
Even with someone they lo[D]ve

[OUTRO]
Cause they'll [A]never stay home

And they're always alone
Even with someone they lo[D]ve