Pancho and Lefty

	 
[Strophe]
G 
Living on the road my friend 
D 
Was gonna keep you free and clean 
C 
Now you wear your skin like iron 
     G                   D 
Your breath's as hard as kerosene 
C 
You weren't your mama's only boy 
        G               C 
But her favorite one it seems 
Em                        C      D 
She began to cry when you said goodbye 
 C              Em 
sank into your dreams
[Strophe]
G 
Pancho  was  a  bandit  boys 
D 
His  horse  was  fast  as  polished  steel 
C 
Wore  his  gun  outside  his  pants 
     G                 D 
For  all  the  honest  world  to  feel 
C 
Pancho  met  his  match  you  know 
         G                  C 
On  the  deserts  down  in  Mexico 
Em                  C      D 
Nobody  heard  his  dying  words 
C                     Em 
That's  the  way  it  goes
[Refrain]
C 
All  the  federales  say 
G                            C 
They  could  have  had  him  any  day 
Em                    C     D 
They  only  let  him  hang  around 
         C            Em 
Out  of  kindness  I  suppose
[Strophe]
G 
Lefty  he  can't  sing  the  blues 
D 
All  night  long  like  he  used  to 
C 
The  dust  that  Pancho  bit  down  south 
 G              D 
Ended  up  in  Lefty's  mouth 
C 
The  day  they  laid  poor  Pancho  low 
G                  C 
Lefty  split  for  Ohio 
Em                   C          D 
Where  he  got  the  bread  to  go 
  C                   Em 
There  ain't  nobody  knows
[Refrain]
C 
All  the  federales  say 
G                            C 
They  could  have  had  him  any  day 
Em                   C      D 
They  only  let  him  slip away 
         C            Em 
Out  of  kindness  I  suppose
[Strophe]
G 
The  poets  tell  how  Pancho  fell 
D 
Lefty's  livin'  in  a  cheap  hotel 
C 
The  desert's  quiet  and  Cleveland's  cold 
G               D 
So  the  story  ends  we're  told 
C 
Pancho  needs  your  prayers  it's  true, 
G                       C 
But  save  a  few  for  Lefty  too 
Em                       C       D 
He  just  did  what  he  had  to  do 
C                   Em 
Now  he's  growing  old
[Refrain]
C 
A  few  gray  federales  say 
G                            C 
They  could  have  had  him  any  day 
Em                    C        D 
They  only  let  him  go  so  wrong 
         C              Em 
Out  of  kindness  I  suppose
[Outro]
C 
A  few  gray  federales  say 
G                            C 
They  could  have  had  him  any  day 
Em                    C        D 
They  only  let  him  go  so  wrong 
         C              Em 
Out  of  kindness  I  suppose