Willie Nelson

1. ^D Cowboys ain't easy to love and they're harder to ^G hold.
2. Cowboys like smoky old pool rooms and clear mountain mornings
1. ^A7 They'd rather give you a song than diamonds or ^D gold.
2. little warm puppies and children and girls of the night.
1. ^D Lone Star belt buckles and old faded Levis and
2. Them that don't know him won't like them and them that do
1. ^G each night begins a new day
2. sometimes won't know how to take him.
1. If you ^A7 don't understand him and he don't die young
2. He ain't wrong he's just different but his pride won't let him
1. he probably just rides away.
2. do things to make you think he's right.
^D Mammas don't let your Babies grow up to be Cow ^G boys
don't ^A7 let'em pick guitars and drive'em old trucks
let'em be doctors and lawyers and ^D such.
Mammas don't let your Babies grow up to be ^G Cowboys
cause the'll ^A7 never stay home and they're always alone
even with someone they ^D love.
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 1995 14:59:25 +0200 (MET DST)
From: tgtchb@chem.tue.nl
Mama Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys - Willie Nelson
Chorus:
^D Mama don't let y ^G our babies grow up to be cowboys
don't ^A let them pick guitars and drive in old trucks
make 'em ^A7 be doct ^D ors and lawyers and such
^D Mama don't let y ^G our babies grow up to be cowboys
they'll ^A never stay home and they're always alone
even ^A7 with someon ^D e they love
^D Cowboys ain't easy ^G to love and they're harder to hold
and ^A they'd rather give ^A7 you a song ^D than diamonds or gold
^D Lone Star belt buckles and old faded Levis and each night
begins a ^G new day
and if ^A you don't understand him and he don't die young
he'll prob ^A7 ably just ^D ride away
Repeat chorus
(keychange)
^E A cowboy loves smokey ^A old pool rooms and clear mountain mornings
^B little warm puppi ^B7 es and ch ^E ildren and girls of the night
^E Them that don't know him won't like him and them that do sometimes
won't know ho ^A w to take him
he's ^B not wrong he's just different and his pride won't let him
do things to ^B7 mak ^E e you think he's right
Repeat chorus ad infinitum or something :-)