Chords for Jelly Roll & Struggle Jennings - Cowboys (Lyrics)

[Am] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ [D] _ [F] _ _
[Am] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ [F] _
[Am] Mama don't let your [C] babies grow [G] up to be cowboys.
_ [F] _
[Am] Don't let them pick your [C] truck and drive old trucks.
[G] Let them be doctors and lawyers [F] and such.
[Am] Mama [C] don't let your babies grow up [G] to be [F] cowboys. _
[Am] They'll never be at home [C] and the law will [G] still elope,
even if [Am] they're with somebody [F] they love.
[Am] Mama Raymond, Draymond, [C] South Sideline, and [G] Antioch's Codeine.
[F] Bing bros like the beat, [Am] whipping way in the winds up.
[C] I ended up in handcuffs.
[G] Was no comedian when [F] the judge told me to stand [Am] up.
Man in the mirror, [C] clearly different appearance.
[G] Experiences make it where I [F] feel.
Sentencing hearings, [Am] but I just stay faithful.
[C] Real cowboys never make [G] it a shame.
We seen what [F] the game did, Detroit Aikman, [Am] but I just kept praying.
[C] Since what the good books [G] said, I followed in the footsteps [F] of a man that books.
[Am] That's my daughter and my son.
I [C] pray they be all they can be as [G] long as they choose not to be [F] a cowboy like me.
[Am] Mama don't let your [C] babies grow up [G] to be cowboys.
_ [F] _
[Am] Don't let them pick your truck [C] and drive old trucks.
[G] Let them be doctors [Am] and lawyers [F] and such.
[Am] Mama [C] don't let your babies grow up [G] to be [F] cowboys. _
[Am] Remember [C] be at home and always [G] feel alone.
When you're with somebody [F] they love.
[Am] Mama raised a [C] rambler, all on the line [G] gambler.
Slick country grandma, [F] cock back hammer.
[Am] Hundred pounds in the camper, [C] few years in the slammer.
[G] Hair my dirty laundry, [F] share my life panorama.
[Am] Life of a cowboy, [C] back drop bandana.
[G] Panda, panda, I [F] picked a load up from Atlanta.
[Am] Landed from Havana from [C] the hands of Jorge.
[G] Foreplay for court dates, [F] what more can they say?
[Am] I'm the real [C] story, the one they try to [G] tell.
Quarter in the wishing [F] well, fishing for the fish [Am] scale.
Residue on this [C] scale, victory in this [G] tale.
I throw my boat off [F] in the water, watch the ship [Am] sail.
Get mail, send it [C] all running from the low.
[G] Feel alone with my love ones cause [F] my back against the wall.
[Am] Times up, [C] blue lights and a loud noise.
Telling my [G] baby mama [Am] don't let the babies grow up to be cowboys.
Mama [C] don't let your babies grow up to [G] be cowboys.
[F] _
[Am] Don't let them pick [C] a truck and drive [G] old trucks.
Let them be doctors [C] and lawyers [F] and such.
[Am] Mama [C] don't let your babies grow up to [G] be [F] cowboys. _
[Am] Cause they'll never be [C] at home and they'll always feel [G] alone.
Even if they're with somebody [F] they love.
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