Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Difficulty: Novice
Verse 1:
D MajorD
Living on the road my friend
A augmentedA
Was gonna keep you free and clean
G+G
Now you wear your skin like iron
D MajorD A augmentedA
Your breath's as hard as kerosene
G+G
You weren't your mama's only boy
D MajorD G+G
But her favorite one it seems
Em9Em9 G+G A augmentedA
She began to cry when you said goodbye
G+G Em9Em9 A augmentedA
And sank into your dreams
Verse 2:
D MajorD
Pancho was a bandit boys
A augmentedA
His horse was fast as polished steel
G+G
Wore his gun outside his pants
D MajorD A augmentedA
For all the honest world to feel
G+G
Pancho met his match you know
D MajorD G+G
On the deserts down in Mexico
Em9Em9 G+G A augmentedA
Nobody heard his dying words
G+G Em9Em9 A augmentedA
That's the way it goes
Chorus:
G+G
All the federales say
D MajorD G+G
They could have had him any day
Em9Em9 A augmentedA
They only let him slip away
G+G Em9Em9 A augmentedA
Out of kindness I suppose
Verse 3:
D MajorD
Lefty he can't sing the blues
A augmentedA
All night long like he used to
G+G
The dust that Pancho bit down south
D MajorD A augmentedA
Ended up in Lefty's mouth
G+G
The day they laid poor Pancho low
D MajorD G+G
Lefty split for Ohio
Em9Em9 G+G A augmentedA
Where he got the bread to go
G+G Em9Em9 A augmentedA
There ain't nobody knows
Chorus:
G+G
All the federales say
D MajorD G+G
They could have had him any day
Em9Em9 G+G A augmentedA
They only let him go so long
G+G Em9Em9 A augmentedA
Out of kindness I suppose
Verse 4:
D MajorD
The poets tell how Pancho fell
A augmentedA
Lefty's livin' in a cheap hotel
G+G
The desert's quiet and Cleveland's cold
D MajorD A augmentedA
So the story ends we're told
G+G
Pancho needs your prayers it's true
D MajorD G+G
But save a few for Lefty too
Em9Em9 G+G A augmentedA
He only did what he had to do
G+G Em9Em9 A augmentedA
Now he's getting old
Chorus:
G+G
All the federales say
D MajorD G+G
They could have had him any day
Em9Em9 G+G A augmentedA
They only let him slip away
G+G Em9Em9 A augmentedA
Out of kindness I suppose
G+G
A augmentedA few gray federales say
D MajorD A augmentedA
They could have had him any day
Em9Em9 G+G A augmentedA
They only let him go so long
G+G Em9Em9 A augmentedA
Out of kindness I suppose