Pancho And Lefty chords by Merle Haggard And Willie Nelson

Intro:

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Verse 1:

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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
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And your breath's as hard as kerosene
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You weren't your mama's only boy
D
But her favorite one, it seems
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She began to cry When you said good bye
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And sank into your dreams


Climb:

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Verse 2:

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Pancho was a bandit, boys
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Rode a horse fast as polished steel
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Wore his guns outside his pants
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For all the honest world to feel
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Pancho met his match, you know
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On the deserts down in Mexico
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No one heard his dyin' words
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But that's the way it goes


Instrumental:

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Chorus:

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And all the federales say
D
They could have had him any day
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They only let him slip a-way
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Out of kindness, I suppose

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Verse 3:

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Now Lefty he can't sing the blues
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All night long like he used to
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The dust that Pancho bit down South
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It ended up in Lefty's mouth
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The day they laid old Pancho low
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Lefty split for Ohio
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Where he got the bread to go
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Well there ain't nobody 'knows


Chorus:

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But all the federales say
D                      G
They could have had him any day
Bm                     G A
They only let him slip a-way
G                       Bm
Out of kindness, I suppose


Verse 4:

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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
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And so the story ends, we're told
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Pancho needs your prayers, it's true
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But save a few for Lefty, too
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He only did what he had to do
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And now he's growin' old


Chorus:

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But all the federales say
D                      G
They could have had him any day
Bm                     G A
They only let him slip a-way
G                       Bm
Out of kindness, I suppose

G
Yes a few old gray federales still say
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They could have had him any day
Bm                     G A
They only let go so wrong
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