Chords with lyrics
Intro:
e|-10--9--7-9--7-5--|
BB|-10--10-8-10-8-5--|
G+G|-11--9--7-9--7-7--|
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E MajorE|------------------|
Verse 1:
D MajorD
Livin' on the road, my friend
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Was gonna keep us free and clean
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But now you wear your skin like iron
D MajorD A augmentedA
And your breath's as hard as kerosene
G+G
You weren't your mama's only boy
D MajorD
But her favorite one, it seems
B minorBm G+G A augmentedA
She began to cry When you said good bye
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And sank into your dreams
Climb:
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G+G|------------------|
D MajorD|------------------|
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E MajorE|------------------|
Verse 2:
D MajorD
Pancho was a bandit, boys
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Rode a horse fast as polished steel
G+G
Wore his guns 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
B minorBm G+G A augmentedA
No one heard his dyin' words
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But that's the way it goes
Instrumental:
B minorBm A augmentedA
Chorus:
G+G
And all the federales say
D MajorD
They could have had him any day
G+G B minorBm G+G A augmentedA
They only let him slip a-way
G+G B minorBm
Out of kindness, I suppose
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Verse 3:
D MajorD
Now Lefty he can't sing the blues
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All night long like he used to
G+G
The dust that Pancho bit down South
D MajorD A augmentedA
It ended up in Lefty's mouth
G+G
The day they laid old Pancho low
D MajorD G+G
Lefty split for Ohio
B minorBm G+G A augmentedA
Where he got the bread to go
G+G B minorBm
Well there ain't nobody 'knows
Chorus:
G+G
But all the federales say
D MajorD G+G
They could have had him any day
B minorBm G+G A augmentedA
They only let him slip a-way
G+G B minorBm
Out of kindness, I suppose
Verse 4:
D MajorD
Now poets sing how Pancho fell
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Lefty's livin' in a cheap hotel
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The desert's quiet and Cleveland's cold
D MajorD A augmentedA
And 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
B minorBm B minorBm G+G A augmentedA
He only did what he had to do
G+G B minorBm A augmentedA
And now he's growin' old
Chorus:
G+G
But all the federales say
D MajorD G+G
They could have had him any day
B minorBm G+G A augmentedA
They only let him slip a-way
G+G B minorBm
Out of kindness, I suppose
G+G
Yes a few old gray federales still say
D MajorD G+G
They could have had him any day
B minorBm G+G A augmentedA
They only let go so wrong
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