"Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys" is a country music song first recorded by Ed Bruce, written by him and his wife Patsy Bruce

[Intro]
D
[Verse]
D                                                G 
Cowboys ain't easy to love and they're harder to hold 
A7                                              D 
They'd rather give you a song than diamonds or gold 
D                                              G 
Lonestar belt buckles and old faded Levi's and each night begins a new day 
         A7 
If you don't understand him and he don't die young 
                          D 
He'll probably just ride away
[Chorus]
D                                          G 
Mammas don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys 
      A7 
Don't let 'em pick guitars and drive them old trucks 
                                   D 
Let 'em be doctors and lawyers and such 
D                                          G 
Mammas don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys 
        A7 
They'll never stay home and they're always alone 
                       D 
Even with someone they love
[Verse]
E                                                     A 
Cowboys like smokey ol' pool rooms and clear mountain mornings 
B7                                                    E 
Little warm puppies, and children, and girls of the night 
E                                                        A 
Them that don't know him won't like him and them that do sometimes won't know how to take him 
         B7 
He ain't wrong, he's just different but his pride won't let him 
                                     E 
Do the things to make you think he's right
[Chorus]
E                                          A 
Mammas don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys 
      B7 
Don't let 'em pick guitars and drive them old trucks 
                                   E 
Let 'em be doctors and lawyers and such 
E                                          A 
Mammas don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys 
        B7 
They'll never stay home and they're always alone 
                       E 
Even with someone they love