Pancho And Lefty chords by Townes Van Zandt
Intro 1
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Bm
Verse 1
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Living on the road my friend
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Is gonna keep you free and clean
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Now you wear your skin like iron
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And your breath's as hard as kerosene
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You weren't your mama's only boy
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But her favorite one it seems
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She began to cry when you said goodbye
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And sank into your dreams
Verse 2
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Pancho was a bandit boys
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His horse was fast as polished steel
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He wore his gun
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For all the honest world to feel
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Pancho met his match you know
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On the deserts down in Mexico
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And nobody heard his dying words
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But that's the way it goes
Chorus 1
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And all the Federales say
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They could have had him any day
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They only let him hang around
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Out of kindness I suppose
Verse 3
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Lefty, he can't sing the blues
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All night long like he used to
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The dust that Pancho bit down south
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Ended up in Lefty's mouth
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The day they laid poor Pancho low
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Lefty split for Ohio
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Where he got the bread to go
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There ain't nobody knows
Chorus 2
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And all the Federales say
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They could have had him any day
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They only let him slip away
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Out of kindness I suppose
Solo 1
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Verse 4
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Well the poets tell how Pancho fell
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And Lefty's living in a cheap hotel
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The desert's quiet and Cleveland's cold
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And so the story ends we're told
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Pancho needs your prayers it's true
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But save a few for Lefty too
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He just did what he had to do
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Oh, and now he's growing old
Chorus 3
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And a few grey Federales say
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They could have had him any day
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They only let him go so wrong
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Out of kindness I suppose
Chorus 4
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A few grey Federales say
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They could have had him any day
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They only let him go so wrong
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Out of kindness I suppose
Pancho And Lefty
Townes Van Zandt
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