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Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys - Willie Nelson
Authors Note:
For extra authenticity, alternate between the root note and the perfect fifth on the 1 counts.
For example:
1 2 3
G strum - a - strum - a
1 2 3
D strum - a - strum - a
or
1 2 3
D strum - a - strum - a
1 2 3
A strum - a - strum - a
[Chorus]
Mamas don't let your babies grow up to be Gcowboys
Don't lAet them pick guitars and drive them old trucks
Make them be doctors and lawyers and sDuch
Mamas don't let your babies grow up to be cGowboys
They'll nAever stay home and they're always alone
Even with someone they lDove
[Verse 1]
DCowboys ain't easy to love and they're harder to holdG  
AThey'd rather give you a song than diamonds or goldD  
Lonestar belt buckles and old faded Levi's and Geach night begins a new day
If you don't Aunderstand him and he don't die young
He'll probably just ride aDway
[Chorus]
DMamas don't let your babies grow up to be Gcowboys
Don't lAet them pick guitars and drive them old trucks
Make them be doctors and lawyers and sDuch
Mamas don't let your babies grow up to be Gcowboys
They'll nAever stay home and they're always alone
Even with someone they Dlove
[Verse 2]
ECowboys like smokey ol' pool rooms and clear mountain Amornings
BLittle warm puppies and children and girls of the nEight
Them that don't know him won't like him
And them that do sAometimes won't know how to take him
He aBin't wrong, he's just different but his pride won't let him
Do the things to make you think he's rEight
[Chorus]
EMamas don't let your babies grow up to be Acowboys
Don't Blet them pick guitars and drive them old trucks
Make them be doctors and lawyers and Esuch
Mamas don't let your babies grow up to be cAowboys
They'lBl never stay home and they're always alone
Even with someone theEy love
EMamas don't let your babies grow up to be Acowboys
Don't Blet them pick guitars and drive them old trucks
Make them be doctors and lawyers and Esuch
(Fade out)
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The story behind the song

This song paints a vivid picture of the cowboy life, cautioning mothers about the hardships and wanderlust that come with it. It suggests that cowboys are often solitary figures, prone to roaming and not settling down, and that their hearts are rarely truly free. The lyrics delve into the romanticized yet ultimately lonesome existence of those who chase the cowboy dream. Playing this song feels like stepping into a classic tale of the American West, full of both rugged individualism and a touch of melancholy.

AI-written from these sources:Willie Nelson — Wikipedia ↗

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