Pancho & Lefty Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[C][Am][C][G][F][C]
[G][F][Am][C]

[Verse 1]
Living on the road [G]my friend
Is gonna keep you free and [F]clean
Now you wear your skin like iron
And your [C]breath as hard [G]as kerosene
[F]You weren't your mama's
only boy
But her fa[C]vorite one [F]it seems
[Am]She began to cry when
[F]you said [G]goodbye
[Gm]Sank[F] into your[Am] dreams[C]

[Verse 2]
[C]Pancho was a bandit boy
[G]His horse was fast as polished steel
[F]Wore his gun outside his pants
For all [C]the hon[G]est world [F]to feel
Pancho met his match you know
On [C]the deserts down in [F]Mexico
[Am]Nobody heard his dy[F]ing words
[G]Ah [Gm]but that'[F]s the way it goes[Am]
[F]All the Federales

[Verse 3]
say
[C]They could have had him[F] any day
[Am]They only let him hang[F] aroun[G]d
Out of kind[F]ness, I sup[Am]pose[C]

[Verse 4]
Lefty, he can't sing [C]the blues
[G]All night long like he used to
[Gm]The dust[F] that Pancho bit down south
[C]Ended up [G]in Lefty's mouth
[F]The day they laid poor Pancho low
[C]Lefty split for [F]Ohio
[Am]Where he got [F]the bread [G]to go[Gm][G]
There [F]ain't nobody [Am]knows
[F]

[Verse 5]
All the Federales say
[C]They could have had him[F] any day
[Am]They only let him slip[F] away

[Interlude 1]
[G][F][Am]
[C][G][F]
[Am][C]

[Verse 6]
Now the poets [C]tell how
Pancho [G]fell
And Lefty's living in cheap hotel
[F]The desert's quiet,
Cleveland's cold
[C]And so the [G]story ends [F]we're told
Pancho needs your prayers it's true
[C]But save a few for [F]Lefty too
[Am]He just did what [F]he had [G]to do
And [Am]now [F]he's growing o[Am]ld
[F]

[Verse 7]
And a few great Federales say
[C]They could have had him any[F] day
[Am]They only let him go s[F]o wrong
[G][Gm][G]
Out of kind[F]ness, I sup[Am]pose

[Verse 8]
A [F]few great Federales say
[C]They could have had him [F]any day
[Am]They only let him go[F]
[G]so wrong
[Am]Out of kindness, [F]I suppos[Am]e