Pancho And Lefty Chords

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Difficulty: Novice Verse 1: D Living on the road my friend A Was gonna keep you free and clean G Now you wear your skin like iron D A Your breath's as hard as kerosene G You weren't your mama's only boy D G But her favorite one it seems Em9 G A She began to cry when you said goodbye G Em9 A And sank into your dreams

Verse 2: D Pancho was a bandit boys A His horse was fast as polished steel G Wore his gun outside his pants D A For all the honest world to feel G Pancho met his match you know D G On the deserts down in Mexico Em9 G A Nobody heard his dying words G Em9 A That's the way it goes Chorus: G All the federales say D G They could have had him any day Em9 A They only let him slip away G Em9 A Out of kindness I suppose Verse 3: D Lefty he can't sing the blues A All night long like he used to G The dust that Pancho bit down south D A Ended up in Lefty's mouth G The day they laid poor Pancho low D G Lefty split for Ohio Em9 G A Where he got the bread to go G Em9 A There ain't nobody knows Chorus: G All the federales say D G They could have had him any day Em9 G A They only let him go so long G Em9 A Out of kindness I suppose Verse 4: D The poets tell how Pancho fell A Lefty's livin' in a cheap hotel G The desert's quiet and Cleveland's cold D A So the story ends we're told G Pancho needs your prayers it's true D G But save a few for Lefty too Em9 G A He only did what he had to do G Em9 A Now he's getting old Chorus: G All the federales say D G They could have had him any day Em9 G A They only let him slip away G Em9 A Out of kindness I suppose G A few gray federales say D A They could have had him any day Em9 G A They only let him go so long G Em9 A Out of kindness I suppose