• Song:

    Pancho And Lefty

  • Artist:

    Townes Van Zandt

  • Album:

    A Private Concert


I also lead into the verse with e+-----------2-- b+--2--3--5----- g+-------------- then picking out of the D chord, etc. d+-----------0-- a+--0--2--4----- e+--------------
D5 Livin' on the road, my friend A5 Was gonna keep us free and clean G5 But now you wear your skin like iron D5 D5 D5 A5 And you breath's as hard as kerosene G5 You weren't your mama's only boy D5 D5 D5 But her favorite one, it seems D5 She began to cry D5 D5 A5 A5 When you said good bye G5 B5 And sank into you dreams (same chords as first verse) Pancho was a bandit, boys Rode a horse fast as polished steel Wore his guns outside his pants For all the honest world to feel Pancho met his match, ya know On the deserts down in Mexico No one heard his dyin' words But that's the way it goes Chorus (words change slightly, each time) G5 And all the federales say D5 D5 D5 They could of had him any day D5 D5 D5 A5 A5 They only let him slip away G5 B5 Out of kindness, I suppose Now Lefty he can't sing the blues All night long like he used to The dust that Pancho bit down South It ended up in Lefty's mouth The day they laid old Pancho low Lefty split for Ohio Where he got the bread to go Well there ain't nobody 'knows But all the federales say They could of had him any day They only let him slip away Out of kindness, I suppose Now poets sing how Pancho fell Lefty's livin' in a cheap hotel The desert's quiet and Cleveland's cold And so the story ends, we're told Pancho needs your prayers, it's true But save a few for Lefty, too He only did what he had to do And now he's growin' old And all the federales say They could of had him any day They only let him go so long Out of kindness, I suppose Yes a few old gray federales still say They could of had him any day They only let him go so wrong Out of kindness, I suppose
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