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Pancho and Lefty

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Emmylou Harris

Version
studio
published by
thisworldfor
Tone
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Slide
A -> La
Video
Chords
	 
[Intro]
C
[Verse]
C G
Living on the road my friend, is
gonna keep you free and clean
Living on the road my friend, is gonna keep you free and clean
F
Now you wear your skin like iron,
C G
Your breath as hard as kerosene
F
You weren't your mama's only boy,
C F
but her favorite one it seems
You weren't your mama's only boy, but her favorite one it seems
Am F
She began to cry when you said
C G
goodbye,
She began to cry when you said goodbye,
F Am Am G
And sank into your dreams
[Verse]
C G
Pancho was a bandit boy, his horse
was fast as polished steel
Pancho was a bandit boy, 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
Pancho met his match you know on
C F
the deserts down in Mexico
Pancho met his match you know on the deserts down in Mexico
Am F C G
And nobody heard his dying words, ah
F Am Am G
but that's the way it goes
And nobody heard his dying words, ah but that's the way it goes
[Chorus]
F C
All the Federales say they could
F
have had him any day
All the Federales say they could have had him any day
Am F C G
They only let him slip away out of
F Am Am G
kindness, I suppose
They only let him slip away out of kindness, I suppose
[Verse]
C G
Lefty, he can't sing the blues all
night long like he used to.
Lefty, he can't sing the blues all night long like he used to.
F
The dust that Pancho bit down south
C G
ended up in Lefty's mouth
The dust that Pancho bit down south ended up in Lefty's mouth
F
The day they laid poor Pancho low,
C F
Lefty split for Ohio
The day they laid poor Pancho low, Lefty split for Ohio
Am F C G
Where he got the bread to go,
F Am Am G
there ain't nobody knows
Where he got the bread to go, there ain't nobody knows
[Chorus]
F C
All the Federales say could have
F
had him any day
All the Federales say could have had him any day
Am F C G
We only let him slip away out of
F
kindness, I
Am Am F C C
suppose
We only let him slip away out of kindness, I suppose
[Solo]
| F | F | C | F |

| Am | F C | G | G | F |

| Am | Am G |

[Verse]
C G
The poets tell how Pancho fell, and
Lefty's living in a cheap hotel
The poets tell how Pancho fell, and Lefty's living in a cheap hotel
F
The desert's quiet and Cleveland's
cold,
The desert's quiet and Cleveland's cold,
C G
And so the story ends we're told
F
Pancho needs your prayers it's
C F
true, but save a few for Lefty
too
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, and
F Am Am G
now he's growing old
He only did what he had to do, and now he's growing old
[Chorus]
F C
All the Federales say could have
F
had him any day
All the Federales say could have had him any day
Am F C G
We only let him slip away out of
F Am Am G
kindness, I suppose
We only let him slip away out of kindness, I suppose
F C
A few gray Federales say could have
F
had him any day
A few gray Federales say could have had him any day
Am F C G
We only let him go so long, out of
F Am Am F C
of kindness, I suppose
We only let him go so long, out of of kindness, I suppose