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


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[Intro]




[Verse 1]

             
Cowboys ain't 

              
easy to love a

              
nd they're har

       
der to hold
            
They'd rather 

              
give you a son

              
g than diamond

      
s or gold
             
Lonestar belt 

              
buckles and ol

              
d faded Levi's

     
 and each nigh

t begins a new

 day
         
If you don't u

nderstand him 

and he don't d

ie young
              
He'll probably

            
 just ride awa

y


[Chorus]

             
Mammas don't l

              
et your babies

              
 grow up to be

 
 cowboys
      
Don't let 'em 

pick guitars a

nd drive them 

old trucks
              
Let 'em be doc

              
tors and lawye

       
rs and such
             
Mammas don't l

              
et your babies

              
 grow up to be

 
 cowboys
        
They'll never 

stay home and 

they're always

 alone
              
Even with some

         
one they love


[Verse 2] (A tone higher)

             
Cowboys like s

              
mokey ol' pool

              
 rooms and cle

            
ar mountain mo

rnings
            
Little warm pu

              
ppies, and chi

              
ldren, and gir

            
ls of the nigh

t
             
Them that don'

              
t know him won

              
't like him an

              
d them that do

 
 sometimes won

't know how to

 take him
         
He ain't wrong

, he's just di

fferent but hi

s pride won't 

let him
              
Do the things 

              
to make you th

         
ink he's right


[Chorus]

             
Mammas don't l

              
et your babies

              
 grow up to be

 
 cowboys
      
Don't let 'em 

pick guitars a

nd drive them 

old trucks
              
Let 'em be doc

              
tors and lawye

       
rs and such
             
Mammas don't l

              
et your babies

              
 grow up to be

 
 cowboys
        
They'll never 

stay home and 

they're always

 alone
              
Even with some

         
one they love