Chords with lyrics
- Capo on 3rd
- Difficulty: Beginner
Performance: Livealbum "Long Story Short: Willie Nelson 90"
Key: 
FF
♫ Intro:
G+G
♫ Chorus:
G+G 
C majorC
Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys
D MajorD
Don't let 'em pick guitars or drive them old trucks
G+G
Let 'em be doctors and lawyers and such
C majorC
Mamas don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys
D MajorD
They'll never stay home and they're always alone
G+G
Even with someone they love
♫ Verse 1:
G+G
Cowboys ain't easy to love
C majorC
And they're harder to hold
D MajorD
They'd rather give you a song
G+G
Than diamonds or gold
G+G
Lonestar belt buckles and old faded Levis
C majorC
And each night begins a new day
D MajorD
If you don't understand him and he don't die young
G+G
He'll probably just ride away
♫ Chorus:
G+G C majorC
Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys
D MajorD
Don't let 'em pick guitars or drive them old trucks
G+G
Let 'em be doctors and lawyers and such
C majorC
Mamas don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys
D MajorD
They'll never stay home and they're always alone
G+G
Even with someone they love
♫ Verse 2:
A augmentedA
Cowboys like smoky old pool rooms
D MajorD
And clear mountain mornings
E7E7
Little warm puppies and children
A augmentedA
And girls of the night
A augmentedA
Them that don't know him
A augmentedA
Won't like him and them that do
D MajorD
Sometimes won't know how to take him
E7E7
He ain't wrong, he's just different
E7E7
But his pride won't let him
A augmentedA
Do things to make you think he's right
Out-♫ Chorus:
A augmentedA D MajorD
Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys
E7E7
Don't let 'em pick guitars or drive them old trucks
A augmentedA
Let 'em be doctors and lawyers and such
D MajorD
Mamas don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys
E MajorE
'Cause they'll never stay home and they're always alone
A augmentedA
Even with someone they love
E MajorE
'Cause they'll never stay home and they're always alone
A augmentedA
Even with someone they love
