Pancho And Lefty original guitar chords by
Townes Van Zandt

1972Country943 views

Key: D major

Intro 1

D

D

D

A

G

Bm

Verse 1
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Living on the road my friend
A A 
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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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A A 
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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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G G 
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But her favorite one it seems
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G G 
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A A 
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She began to cry when you said goodbye
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Bm Bm 2
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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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A A 
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For all the honest world to feel
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Pancho met his match you know
D D 
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G G 
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On the deserts down in Mexico
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G G 
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A A 
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And nobody heard his dying words
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Bm Bm 2
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But that's the way it goes

Chorus 1

G

And all the Federales say

D

G

They could have had him any day

Bm

G

A

They only let him hang around

G

Bm

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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A A 
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Ended up in Lefty's mouth
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The day they laid poor Pancho low
D D 
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G G 
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Lefty split for O  hio
Bm Bm 2
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G G 
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A A 
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Where he got the bread to go
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Bm Bm 2
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There ain't nobody knows

Chorus 2

G

And all the Federales say

D

G

They could have had him any day

Bm

G

A

They only let him slip away

G

Bm

Out of kindness I suppose

Solo 1
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G G 
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D D 
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A A 
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G G 
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D D 
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G G 
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Bm Bm 2
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G G 
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A A 
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G G 
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Bm Bm 2
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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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A A 
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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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G G 
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But save a few for Lefty too
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G G 
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A A 
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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

G

And a few grey Federales say

D

G

They could have had him any day

Bm

G

A

They only let him go so wrong

G

Bm

Out of kindness I suppose

Chorus 4

G

A few grey Federales say

D

G

They could have had him any day

Bm

G

A

They only let him go so wrong

G

Bm

Out of kindness I suppose

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