Mammas chords by Caylee Hammack (Ver. 2)

• Tuning: Half-step down
• Capo on 1st
• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Intro:

E  E  E  E  E  E  E


Verse:
 E                                              A
Cowboys are easy to love, but they're real hard to hold
              B                                                          E
They got the wild in their veins, take your heart by the reins, then let go
 E                                 A
Lonestar belt buckles, 501 Levi's look good on old barstools
              B
When they're buying you drinks, sure makes you think
                              E
They ain't playing you for a fool

Chorus:
 E                                             A
Mammas, don't let your babies grow up to love cowboys
               B
Don't let 'em fall for the guitars and old pickup trucks
                                      E
Let 'em love doctors and lawyers and such

 E                                             A
Mammas, don't let your babies grow up to love cowboys
              B
Yeah, 'cause they'll call you crying when he goes off riding
                       E
Into that red setting sun


Break:
 D                                     G
Cowboys like wide open spaces, racing the wind
         A                                                 D
You can try, but he won't tie his horse to a white picket fence
 D                                                      G
Take it from me, like the whiskey they drink when they leave
           D     Em
It's sure gonna burn
                 A
It's sure gonna hurt
                           A7
It's just the way they're born, yeah

     G             D         Em
So, don't say that I didn't warn ya


Chorus:
 D                                             G
Mammas, don't let your babies grow up to love cowboys
               A
Don't let 'em fall for the guitars and old pickup trucks
                                      D
Let 'em love doctors and lawyers and such

 D                                             G
Mammas, don't let your babies grow up to love cowboys
              A
Yeah, 'cause they'll call you crying when he goes off riding
                       D
Into that red setting sun


Instrumental/Solo:
D    D7

G        D        Em
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         A    A    A    D    D
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Chorus:
 E                                             A
Mammas, don't let your babies grow up to love cowboys
               B7
Don't let 'em fall for the guitars and old pickup trucks
 B            B7                      E
Let 'em love doctors and lawyers and such

 E                                             A
Mammas, don't let your babies grow up to love cowboys


              B                                        B7
Yeah, 'cause they'll call you crying when he goes off riding
                       E
Into that red setting sun

       B
Yeah, they'll call you crying when he goes off riding
B7                     E
Into that red setting sun


Outro:
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