Pancho & Lefty chords by 
Allison Brown 
N/A
Key: A major•
Intro 1
A
E
D
A
E
Verse 1
A
Liv ing on the road,
my friend,
E
was gonna make you free and clean.
D
Now you wear your skin like iron,
A
E
your breath's as harsh as ker osene
D
You weren't your mama's only boy,
Bm
A
D
but her favorite one it seem s
A
She began to cry when
D
Bm
you said good bye,
D
F#m
A
an d you sank into her dreams
D
Pancho was a bandit boy,
A
E
his horse was fast as polished steel
D
He wore his gun outside his pants
A
E
for all the honest world to feel
D
Pancho met his match, know,
A
D
in the deserts down in Mexico
A
D
Bm
Nobody heard his dy ing word s
D
F#m
Well, that's the way it goes
D
All the Federalists say
A
D
They could have had him any day
A
D
Bm
They only let him slip away
D
F#m
A
Out of kindness, I sup pose
Lefty, he'd all sing the blues
E
All night long, like he used to
D
The dusted poncho bit down south
A
E
Ended up in Lefty's mouth
D
The day they laid poor Pancho low,
A
D
left his split for Ohio
A
D
Bm
Now where he got the bread to go?
D
F#m
Well, there ain't nobody knows
D
All the Federalists say,
A
D
they could have had him any day
A
D
Bm
They only let them slip away
D
F#m
A
E
Out of kindness I sup pose
D
A
E
D
A
D
A
D
Bm
D
F#m
A
The boys all tell how Pancho fell
D
E
and how left he's living
in some cheap hotel
D
The desert's quiet, Cleveland's cold
A
E
A
An d so our story end s, I'm told
D
Pancho needs your prayers, it's true
A
D
But save a few for Lefty, too
A
D
He only done what he had to do
Bm
D
F#m
And now he's growing old
D
All the Federalists say,
A
D
they could have had him any day
A
D
Bm
They only let him slip away,
D
F#m
out of kindness I sup pose
D
A few gray Federalists say,
A
D
they could have had him any day
A
D
Bm
They only let them go so long
D
Out of kindness, I sup pose
F#m
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsA E D Bm F#m
A
E
D
Bm
F#m
Capo: 2
Transpose: 0
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