Mammas chords by Caylee Hammack

• Capo on 1st
• Difficulty: Intermediate

Tuning: Standard


🎸 Intro:

D  D  D  D  D  D  D


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

🎸 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


🎸 Break:
 C                                     F
Cowboys like wide open spaces, racing the wind
         G                                                 C
You can try, but he won't tie his horse to a white picket fence
 C                                                      F
Take it from me, like the whiskey they drink when they leave
           C     Dm
It's sure gonna burn
                 G
It's sure gonna hurt
                           G7
It's just the way they're born, yeah

     F             C         Dm
So, don't say that I didn't warn ya


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

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


Instrumental/🎸 Solo:
C    C7

F        C        Dm
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         G    G    G    C    C
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🎸 Chorus:
 D                                             G
Mammas, don't let your babies grow up to love cowboys
               A7
Don't let 'em fall for the guitars and old pickup trucks
 A            A7                      D
Let 'em love doctors and lawyers and such

 D                                             G
Mammas, don't let your babies grow up to love cowboys


              A                                        A7
Yeah, 'cause they'll call you crying when he goes off riding
                       D
Into that red setting sun

       A
Yeah, they'll call you crying when he goes off riding
A7                     D
Into that red setting sun


🎸 Outro:
D    D    D    D