Poncho & Lefty original guitar chords by
Townes Van Zandt

1972Country515 views

Key: Db major

Intro 1

Ab

Bbm

Verse 1
Db Db 4
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Living on the road, my friend
Ab Ab 4
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Was gonna keep you free and clean
Gb Gb 2
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Now you wear your skin like iron
Db Db 4
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Ab Ab 4
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And your breath as hard as kerosene
Gb Gb 2
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You weren't your mama's only boy
Db Db 4
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Gb Gb 2
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But her favorite one, it seems
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Gb Gb 2
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Ab Ab 4
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She began   to cry when you said goodbye
Gb Gb 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
Gb Gb 2
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Wore his gun outside his pants
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Ab Ab 4
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For all the honest world to feel
Gb Gb 2
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Pancho met his match, you know
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Gb Gb 2
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On the deserts down in Mexico
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Gb Gb 2
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Ab Ab 4
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And nobody heard his dying words
Gb Gb 2
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Oh, but that's the way it goes

Chorus 1

Gb

And all the federales say

Db

Gb

They could have had him any day

Bbm

Gb

Ab

They only let him hang around

Gb

Bbm

Out of kindness, I suppose

Verse 3
Db Db 4
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And Lefty, he can't sing the blues
Ab Ab 4
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All night long like he used to
Gb Gb 2
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The dust that Pancho bit down south
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Ab Ab 4
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Ended up in Lefty's mouth
Gb Gb 2
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The day they laid poor Pancho low
Db Db 4
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Gb Gb 2
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Lefty split for Ohio
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Gb Gb 2
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Ab Ab 4
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Where he got the bread to go
Gb Gb 2
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Oh, there ain't nobody knows

Chorus 2

Gb

And all the federales say

Db

Gb

They could have had him any day

Bbm

Gb

Ab

They only let him slip away

Gb

Bbm

Out of kindness, I suppose

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, Cleveland's cold
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Ab Ab 4
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So the story ends, we're told
Gb Gb 2
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Pancho needs your prayers, it's true
Db Db 4
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Gb Gb 2
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Save a few for Lefty too
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Gb Gb 2
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Ab Ab 4
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He just did what he had to do
Gb Gb 2
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Now he's growing old

Chorus 3

Gb

A few grey federales say

Db

Gb

They coulda had him any day

Bbm

Gb

Ab

They only let him go so wrong

Gb

Bbm

Out of kindness, I suppose

Chorus 4

Gb

A few grey federales say

Db

Gb

They coulda had him any day

Bbm

Gb

Ab

They only let him go so wrong

Gb

Bbm

Out of kindness, I suppose

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