Pancho & Lefty written by Townes Van Zandt C Living on the road my friend G Is gonna keep you free and clean F Now you wear your skin like iron C G Your breath as hard as kerosene F Weren't your mama's only boy C F But her favorite one it seems Am F C G She began to cry when you said goodbye F Am G And sank into your dreams C G Pancho was a bandit boys his horse was fast as polished steel F He wore his gun outside his pants C G For all the honest world to feel F C F Pancho met his match you know on the deserts down in Mexico Am F C G Nobody heard his dying words - - - - F Am G ah but that's the way it goes F C F All the Federales say they could have had him any day Am F C G F Am G They only let him slip away out of kindness I suppose C G Lefty he can't sing the blues all night long like he used to F C G The dust that Pancho bit down south ended up in Lefty's mouth F C F The day they laid poor Pancho low Lefty split for Ohio Am F C G F Am G Where he got the bread to go there ain't nobody knows F C F All the Federales say could have had him any day Am F C G F Am G They only let him slip away out of kindness I suppose [SOLO] C G Poets tell how Pancho fell and Lefty's living in a cheap hotel F The desert's quiet and Cleveland's cold, C G And so the story ends we're told F C F Pancho needs your prayers it's true but save a few for Lefty too Am F C G He only did what he had to do - - - F Am G and now he's growing old F C F All the Federales say could have had him any day Am F C G F Am G We only let him go so long out of kindness I suppose F C F A few gray Federales say could have had him any day Am F C G F Am We only only let him go so long out of of kindness I suppose C ________________________________________________________________ [End] [Transpose, format with http://FordWebTech.com/Transpose]