Pancho and Lefty Chords

Capo: 2nd fret
Key: D

[Verse 1]
C
Livin' on the road, my friend
G
Was gonna keep you free and clean
F
And now you wear your skin like iron
C                            G
And your breath's as hard as kerosene
F
Weren't your mama's only boy
C                        F
But her favorite one, it seems
Am                        F    C   G
She began to cry when you said goodbye
F                    Am       G   
(And) sank into your dreams
 
[Verse 2]
C
Pancho was a bandit, boys
G
His horse was fast as polished steel
F
He wore his gun outside his pants
C                  G
For all the honest world to feel
F
Well, Pancho met his match, you know
       C               F
On the deserts down in Mexico
Am               F  C  G
Nobody heard his dyin' words
F                         Am     G
Ah, but that's the way it goes
 
[Chorus]
F
All the federales say
C                           F
They could have had him any day
Am                F  C  G
They only let him slip away
       F              Am     G   
Out of kindness, I suppose
 
[Verse 3]
C
Lefty he can't sing the blues
G
All night long like he used to
F
The dust that Pancho bit down South
C              G
Ended up in Lefty's mouth
F
The day they laid poor Pancho low
C               F
Lefty split for Ohio
Am               F    C   G
Where he got the bread to go
F                  Am      G
There ain't nobody knows
 
[Chorus]
F
All the federales say
C                       F
They could have had him any day
Am              F  C  G
We only let him slip away
       F              Am     G
Out of kindness, I suppose
 
[Verse 4]
C
The poets tell how Pancho fell
G
And Lefty's livin' in a cheap hotel
F
The desert's quiet, and Cleveland's cold
C                G
And so the story ends, we're told
F
Pancho needs your prayers, it's true
C                  F
But save a few for Lefty, too
Am                  F   C  G
He only did what he had to do
F                    Am    G*
And now he's growin' old
 
[Chorus]
F
All the federales say
C                       F
They could have had him any day
Am                F  C  G
They only let him go so long
       F              Am     G   *
Out of kindness, I suppose
 
[Final Chorus]
F
A few gray federales say
C                       F
They could have had him any day
Am                F  C  G
They only let him go so long
       F              Am        F      G C
Out of kindness, I suppose