Emmylou Harris - Pancho and Lefty



(verse 1)
C (x32010@1)                          Gue
Living on the road my friend, is gonna keep you free and clean,sa
F (133211@1)                oi
Now you wear your skin like iron,
     C (x32010@1)               GYour (320003@1)breath as hard as kerosene,
F (133211@1)                oi                       C (x32010@1)             FYou (133211@1)weren't your mama's only boy, but her favorite one it seems,
C (x32010@1)                       F (133211@1)  C (x32010@1)  GShe (320003@1)began to cry when you said goodbye,
    F (133211@1)            Am (x02210@1)  G- (320003@1)CAnd (x32010@1)sank into your dreams,

(verse 2)
C (x32010@1)                     GPancho (320003@1)was a bandit boys, his horse was fast as polished steel,
FHe (133211@1)wore his gun outside his pants,
    C (x32010@1)                     GFor (320003@1)all the honest world to feel,
F (133211@1)                oi                  C (x32010@1)             FPancho (133211@1)met his match you know on the deserts down in Mexico,
C (x32010@1)              F (133211@1)C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)           F (133211@1)               Am (x02210@1) G- (320003@1)FNobody (133211@1)heard his dying words, ah but that's the way it goes,

(chorus)
F (133211@1)                oi  C (x32010@1)                      FAll (133211@1)the Federales say they could have had him any day,
C (x32010@1)               F (133211@1)  C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)      F (133211@1)            Am- (x02210@1)G- (320003@1)FThey (133211@1)only let him slip away out of kindness, I suppose,

(verse 3)
C (x32010@1)                            GLefty, (320003@1)he can't sing the blues all night long like he used to,
F (133211@1)                oi                 C (x32010@1)         GThe (320003@1)dust that Pancho bit down south ended up in Lefty's mouth,
F (133211@1)                oi                C (x32010@1)             FThe (133211@1)day they laid poor Pancho low, Lefty split for Ohio,
C (x32010@1)              F (133211@1)   C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)      F (133211@1)           Am- (x02210@1)G- (320003@1)FWhere (133211@1)he got the bread to go, there ain't nobody knows,

(chorus)
F (133211@1)                oi  C (x32010@1)                      FAll (133211@1)the Federales say they could have had him any day,
C (x32010@1)               F (133211@1)  C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)      F (133211@1)            Am (x02210@1) G- (320003@1)CThey (x32010@1)only let him slip away out of kindness, I suppose,

(verse 4)
C (x32010@1)                                GPoets (320003@1)tell how Pancho fell, and Lefty's living in a cheap hotel,
FThe (133211@1)desert's quiet and Cleveland's cold,
C (x32010@1)              GAnd (320003@1)so the story ends we're told,
F (133211@1)                oi                      C (x32010@1)            FPancho (133211@1)needs your prayers it's true, but save a few for Lefty too,
C (x32010@1)                 F (133211@1) C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)     F (133211@1)              Am- (x02210@1)G- (320003@1)FHe (133211@1)only did what he had to do, and now he's growing old,

Chorus)
F (133211@1)                oi   C (x32010@1)                     FAll (133211@1)the Federales say they could have had him any day,
C (x32010@1)               F (133211@1)  C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)      F (133211@1)            Am- (x02210@1)F- (133211@1)GThey (320003@1)only let him slip away out of kindness, I suppose,
F (133211@1)                oi      C (x32010@1)                     FA (133211@1)few gray Federales say they could have had him any day,
C (x32010@1)                F (133211@1)C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)            F (133211@1)          Am (x02210@1)   
They only let him go so long, out of of kindness, I suppose,