{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2150281,"song":"Mammas Dont Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys","artist":"Willie Nelson","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2150281-mammas-dont-let-your-babies-grow-up-to-be-cowboys-chords-by-willie-nelson/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2150281?type=chord","rating":4.77148,"votes":234,"content":"Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys - Willie Nelson\r\n\r\nAuthors Note:\r\nFor extra authenticity, alternate between the root note and the perfect fifth on the 1 counts. \r\n\r\nFor example:\r\n1     2           3\r\nG     strum - a - strum - a\r\n1     2           3\r\nD     strum - a - strum - a\r\n\r\nor\r\n1     2           3\r\nD     strum - a - strum - a\r\n1     2           3\r\nA     strum - a - strum - a\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]                                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMamas don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nDon't let them pick guitars and drive them old trucks[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMake them be doctors and lawyers and such[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMamas don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThey'll never stay home and they're always alone[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nEven with someone they love[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCowboys ain't easy to love and they're harder to hold[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey'd rather give you a song than diamonds or gold[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLonestar belt buckles and old faded Levi's and each night begins a new day[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIf you don't understand him and he don't die young[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe'll probably just ride away[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMamas don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nDon't let them pick guitars and drive them old trucks[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMake them be doctors and lawyers and such[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMamas don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThey'll never stay home and they're always alone[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nEven with someone they love[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nCowboys like smokey ol' pool rooms and clear mountain mornings[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                                                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nLittle warm puppies and children and girls of the night[/tab]\r\n\r\nThem that don't know him won't like him\r\n[tab]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd them that do sometimes won't know how to take him[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]B[/ch]\r\nHe ain't wrong, he's just different but his pride won't let him[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nDo the things to make you think he's right[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nMamas don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]B[/ch]\r\nDon't let them pick guitars and drive them old trucks[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nMake them be doctors and lawyers and such[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nMamas don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]B[/ch]\r\nThey'll never stay home and they're always alone[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nEven with someone they love[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nMamas don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]B[/ch]\r\nDon't let them pick guitars and drive them old trucks[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nMake them be doctors and lawyers and such[/tab]\r\n\r\n(Fade out)","plain_text":"Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys - Willie Nelson\n\nAuthors Note:\nFor extra authenticity, alternate between the root note and the perfect fifth on the 1 counts. \n\nFor example:\n1     2           3\nG     strum - a - strum - a\n1     2           3\nD     strum - a - strum - a\n\nor\n1     2           3\nD     strum - a - strum - a\n1     2           3\nA     strum - a - strum - a\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\nThem that don't know him won't like him\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(Fade out)","chords":["G","D","A","E","B"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}