Poncho And Lefty Acoustic chords by Willie Nelson

Chords with lyrics

Pocho & Lefty

(Verse 1)
D MajorD
Livin' on the road, my friend
A augmentedA
Was gonna keep us free and clean
G+G
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              G+G
But her favorite one, it seems
B minorBm               G+G  A augmentedA
She began to cry when you said good bye
G+G              B minorBm
And sank into your dreams

(Verse 2)
D MajorD
Pancho was a bandit, boys
A augmentedA
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 fear
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
G+G          B minorBm
But that's the way it goes
(Chorus)
G+G
And 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 away
    G+G      B minorBm
Out of kindness, I suppose

(Verse 3)
D MajorD
Now Lefty he can't sing the blues
A augmentedA
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
And 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 away
    G+G      B minorBm
Out of kindness, I suppose
(Verse 4)
D MajorD
Now poets sing how Pancho fell
A augmentedA
Lefty's livin' in a cheap hotel
G+G
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          G+G   A augmentedA
He only did what he had to do
G+G           B minorBm
And now he's growin' old

(Chorus)
G+G
And 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 away
    G+G      B minorBm
Out of kindness, I suppose

(Final Chorus)
D MajorD               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 him go so long
    G+G      B minorBm

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