Pancho And Lefty chords by Townes Van Zandt

Chords with lyrics

Here's one of my favorite ballads which was written by the inimitable Townes Van
Zandt. Emmylou Harris recorded it, as did Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard in a
duet (don't ask me why). I first heard it in a coffeehouse at RPI (remember
coffeehouses, where people went to hear good music, not get drunk) by Robin and
Linda Williams, of later Prairie Home Companion fame.

I play this with a D, C#, BB bass run transition from the D MajorD chord to whatever
follows. I've indicated this with the following chord notation.

	D MajorD		x00232
	D/C#		x40232
	D4/B(?)	x20032

I also lead into the verse with
e+-----------2--
b+--2--3--5-----
g+-------------- then picking out of the D MajorD chord, etc.
d+-----------0--
a+--0--2--4-----
e+--------------
        Livin' on the road, my friend.....

which is nice for many songs played in D.

Enjoy,
Denny Straussfogel

		Pancho and Lefty		by Townes Van Zandt

D MajorD
Livin' on the road...
A augmentedA
Was gonna keep us ...
G+G
But now you wear your ...
    D MajorD      D/C#  D4/B    A augmentedA
And you breath's as ...
G+G
You weren't your ....
    D MajorD    D/C#  D4/B
But her favorite ...
  D MajorD
She began ...
     D/C# D4/B A augmentedA  A7A7
When you said ...
  G+G       B minorBm
And sank into ...

(same chords as first verse)
Pancho was a bandit, ....

Chorus (words change slightly, each time)
G+G
And all the ...
   D MajorD    D/C#  D4/B
They could of ...
   D MajorD  D/C#  D4/B   A augmentedA  A7A7
They only let him ...
    G+G        B minorBm
Out of kindness, ...

Now Lefty he can't sing ....

But all the federales ....

Now poets sing how .....

And all the federales ....

Yes a few old gray ....