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Pancho And Lefty chords by Jason Isbell

Chords with lyrics

  • Capo on 3rd
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice


Verse 1:
Chord diagramD MajorD
Living on the road my friend
Chord diagramA augmentedA
Was gonna keep you free and clean
Chord diagramG+G
Now you wear your skin like iron
Chord diagramD MajorD                        Chord diagramA augmentedA
Your breath's as hard as kerosene
Chord diagramG+G
You weren't your mama's only boy
Chord diagramD MajorD                       Chord diagramG+G
But her favorite one it seems
Chord diagramEm9Em9                            Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramA augmentedA
She began to cry when you said goodbye
Chord diagramG+G                         Chord diagramEm9Em9 Chord diagramA augmentedA
And sank into your dreams

Verse 2:
Chord diagramD MajorD
Pancho was a bandit boys
Chord diagramA augmentedA
His horse was fast as polished steel
Chord diagramG+G
Wore his gun outside his pants
Chord diagramD MajorD                   Chord diagramA augmentedA
For all the honest world to feel
Chord diagramG+G
Pancho met his match you know
Chord diagramD MajorD                      Chord diagramG+G
On the deserts down in Mexico
Chord diagramEm9Em9                    Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramA augmentedA
Nobody heard his dying words
Chord diagramG+G                      Chord diagramEm9Em9  Chord diagramA augmentedA
That's the way it goes

Chorus:
Chord diagramG+G
All the federales say
      Chord diagramD MajorD                 Chord diagramG+G
They could have had him any day
Chord diagramEm9Em9                         Chord diagramA augmentedA
They only let him slip away
Chord diagramG+G                         Chord diagramEm9Em9  Chord diagramA augmentedA
Out of kindness I suppose

Verse 3:
Chord diagramD MajorD
Lefty he can't sing the blues
Chord diagramA augmentedA
All night long like he used to
Chord diagramG+G
The dust that Pancho bit down south
Chord diagramD MajorD           Chord diagramA augmentedA
Ended up in Lefty's mouth
Chord diagramG+G
The day they laid poor Pancho low
Chord diagramD MajorD               Chord diagramG+G
Lefty split for Ohio
Chord diagramEm9Em9                          Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramA augmentedA
Where he got the bread to go
Chord diagramG+G                     Chord diagramEm9Em9    Chord diagramA augmentedA
There ain't nobody knows

Chorus:
Chord diagramG+G
All the federales say
      Chord diagramD MajorD                  Chord diagramG+G
They could have had him any day
Chord diagramEm9Em9                         Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramA augmentedA
They only let him go so long
Chord diagramG+G                        Chord diagramEm9Em9 Chord diagramA augmentedA
Out of kindness I suppose

Verse 4:
Chord diagramD MajorD
The poets tell how Pancho fell
Chord diagramA augmentedA
Lefty's livin' in a cheap hotel
Chord diagramG+G
The desert's quiet and Cleveland's cold
Chord diagramD MajorD            Chord diagramA augmentedA
So the story ends we're told
Chord diagramG+G
Pancho needs your prayers it's true
Chord diagramD MajorD                  Chord diagramG+G
But save a few for Lefty too
Chord diagramEm9Em9                     Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramA augmentedA
He only did what he had to do
Chord diagramG+G                   Chord diagramEm9Em9   Chord diagramA augmentedA
Now he's getting old

Chorus:
Chord diagramG+G
All the federales say
      Chord diagramD MajorD                  Chord diagramG+G
They could have had him any day
Chord diagramEm9Em9                        Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramA augmentedA
They only let him slip away
Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramEm9Em9              Chord diagramA augmentedA
Out of kindness I suppose

Chord diagramG+G
Chord diagramA augmentedA few gray federales say
Chord diagramD MajorD                      Chord diagramA augmentedA
They could have had him any day
Chord diagramEm9Em9                     Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramA augmentedA
They only let him go so long
Chord diagramG+G                        Chord diagramEm9Em9 Chord diagramA augmentedA
Out of kindness I suppose

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