Chords with lyrics
or research. Please do not post anywhere else without authors pemission. And If you would like to, JUST ASK! [email protected] Due to the cut and paste deal, the rythem may be off. (I.E. where the chords are located in comparason to the words. but you should be able to figure it out. (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 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 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) (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) (Final Chorus) D MajorD 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 wrong G+G B minorBm Out of kindness, I suppose Re-Typed Tabbed And Edited For Beginners by RemyCain
Other versions of Poncho And Lefty
Alternative guitar chords and tabs for Poncho and lefty acoustic by Willie Nelson
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