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Mamas don’t let your babies grow up to be cowboys
Don’t let them pick guitars and drive them old trucks
Make them be doctors and lawyers and such
Mamas don’t let your babies grow up to be cowboys
They’ll never stay home and they’re always alone
Even with someone they love
–Waylon Jennings
Today’s youtube has Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson singing Mamas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys. This country music hit was written by Ed Bruce and Patsy Bruce. It was originally a hit in 1975 by Ed Bruce. It was first released in the duet album Waylon and Willie in 1978.
Here is a live version from a television show with Waylon Jennings and actress Cheryl Ladd.
Waylon Jennings: MAMAS, DON’T LET YOUR BABIES
Verse 1:
D G
Cowboys ain’t easy to love and they’re harder to hold
A D
They’d rather give you a song than diamonds or gold
G
Lonestar belt buckles and old faded Levi’s and each night begins a new day
A
If you don’t understand him and he don’t die young
D
He’ll probably just ride away
Chorus:
D G
Mamas don’t let your babies grow up to be cowboys
A
Don’t let them pick guitars and drive them old trucks
A D
Make them be doctors and lawyers and such
D G
Mamas don’t let your babies grow up to be cowboys
A
They’ll never stay home and they’re always alone
A D
Even with someone they love
Verse 2:(A tone higher)
E A
Cowboys like smokey ol’ pool rooms and clear mountain mornings
B E
Little warm puppies and children and girls of the night
E
Them that don’t know him won’t like him
E A
And them that do sometimes won’t know how to take him
B
He ain’t wrong, he’s just different but his pride won’t let him
E
Do the things that make you think he’s right
Chorus bis:
E A
Mamas don’t let your babies grow up to be cowboys
B
Don’t let them pick guitars and drive them old trucks
E
Make them be doctors and lawyers and such
A
Mamas don’t let your babies grow up to be cowboys
B
They’ll never stay home and they’re always alone
E
Even with someone they love
