Chords with lyrics
Tuning: G C E A (G C E A)
Difficulty: Intermediate
Intro:
A|--5--4--2--4--2--0--0--|--0--2--0--2--0--0--0----|
E|--5--5--3--5--3--0--2--|--2--0--2--0--2--0--2----|
C|--6--4--2--4--2--2--2--|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2----|
G|--x--x--x--x--x--x--2--|--2--x--x--x--x--x--2----|
A|--5--4--2--4--2--0--0--|--0--2--0--2--0--0--0----|
E|--5--5--3--5--3--0--2--|--2--0--2--0--2--0--2----|
C|--6--4--2--4--2--2--2--|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2----|
G|--x--x--x--x--x--x--2--|--2--x--x--x--x--x--2----|
D A
...Living on the road my friend... was gonna keep you free and clean
G D A
Now you wear your skin like iron, and your breath as hard as kerosene
G D G
You weren't your mama's only boy, but her favorite one it seems
Bm G D A G Bm A
She began to cry when you said goodbye... and sank into your dreams
Verse 2:
D A
Pancho was a bandit, boys... his horse was fast as polished steel
G D A
He wore his gun outside his pants... for all the honest world to feel.
G D G
Pancho met his match you know, on the deserts down in Mexico
Bm G D A G Bm A
Nobody heard his dy...ing words... ah, but that's the way it goes.
Chorus 1:
G D G
All the Federales say... they could have had him any day
Bm G D A G Bm A
They only let him slip a...way out of kindness, I suppose.
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Verse 3:
D A
Lefty, he can't sing the blues... all night long like he used to
G D A
The dust that Pancho bit down south... ended up in Lefty's mouth
G D G
The day they laid poor Pancho low... Lefty split for Ohio
Bm G D A G Bm A
Where he got the bread to.. go... there ain't nobody knows
Chorus 2:
G D G
All the Federales say... they could have had him any day
Bm G D A G Bm A
They only let him slip a... way out of kindness, I suppose
Solo:
G D G Bm D A G Bm A
Verse 4:
D A
Poets tell how Pancho fell... and Lefty's living in cheap hotels
G D A
The desert's quiet, Cleveland's cold, and so the story ends we're told
G D G
Pancho needs your prayers it's true... but save a few for Lefty too
Bm G D A G Bm A
He only did what he had to do... and now he's growing old
Chorus 3:
G D G
All the Federales say... they could have had him any day
Bm G D A G Bm A
They only let him go so long out of kindness, I suppose
Chorus 4:
G D G
A few gray Federales say... they could have had him any day
Bm G D A G Bm A
They only let him go so long out of kindness, I suppose.
Outro:
G Bm G D A
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