Pancho And Lefty chords by Richard Dobson
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Intro 1
(C major) (G major) (F major) (A minor) (G major)
Verse 1
(C major) Living on the road, my friend,
(G major) was supposed to keep
you free and clean.
(F major) Now you wear your skin like iron,
(C major) your breath as (G major) hard as kerosene.
You (F major) weren't your momma's only boy,
(C major) her favorite one (F major) it seems.
She (A minor) began to cry when
you (F major) said good (G major) bye,
an (F major) d sank into your (A minor) dreams. (C major)
Pancho was a bandit boy,
(G major) his force was fast as polished steel.
He (F major) wore his gun outside his pants
For (C major) all the (G major) honest world to feel
Poncho (F major) met his match, you know
In the (C major) desert down in (F major) Mexico
Where (A minor) no one heard his (F major) dying word (G major)
But (F major) that's the way it (A minor) goes
An (F major) d all the federales say, (C major)
they could have had him (F major) any day
They (A minor) only let him slip (F major) (A minor) away, (G major)
out of (F major) kindness I sup (A minor) pose
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Interlude 1
(A minor) (C major) (G major) (F major)
(C major) (G major) (F major) (C major) (F major)
(A minor) (G major) (F major) (A minor)
Verse 2
Lefty (C major) he can't sing the
(A minor) blues all (G major) night long
Like he used to,
the (F major) dust that Pancho bit down south
Ended (C major) up and (G major) left his mouth
The (F major) day they let poor Pancho low
Left (C major) his split -throat (F major) house
And (A minor) where he got the (F major) bread to (G major) go
Oh, there (F major) ain't nobody knows (A minor)
All (F major) the federales say,
(C major) they could have had him (F major) any day
They (A minor) only let him slip (F major) (A minor) away, (G major)
out of (F major) kindness I sup (A minor) pose
Interlude 2
(A minor) (C major) (G major)
(F major) (C major) (G major) (F major)
(C major) (F major) (A minor) (F major) (G major) (F major) (A minor)
(G major)
The (C major) poets tell
Verse 3
a poncho felt (G major)
Lefties living in a cheap hotel
The (F major) desert's quiet and Cleveland's cold
(C major) And so the story ends, (G major) we're told
Pancho (F major) needs your prayers, it's true
(C major) Save a few for (F major) Levity too
He (A minor) just did what he had (F major) to do (G major)
An (F major) d now he's growing old (A minor)
And a (F major) few great federales say
They (C major) could have had him (F major) any day,
(A minor) they only let him go (F major) so wrong, (G major)
out of (F major) kindness I sup (A minor) pose.
(F major) All the Federales say,
(C major) they could have had him (F major) any day,
(A minor) they only let him slip (F major) away,
(G major) At a (F major) kindness I sup (A minor) pose
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