Pancho And Lefty

[Intro: ]C - F (4x) (verse 1) C G 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 C F You weren't your mama's only boy, but her favorite one, it seems, C F C G She began to cry when you said goodbye, F Am G And sank into your dreams, (verse 2) C G Pancho was a bandit, boys, his horse was fast as polished steel, F C G He wore his gun outside his pants, for all the honest world to feel. F C F Pancho met his match, you know, on the deserts down in Mexico, C F C G F Am G Nobody heard his dying words, ah, but that's the way it goes, [Refrão]F C F All the Federales say they could have had him any day, C F C G F Am - G They only let him slip away out of kindness, I suppose, (verse 3) 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, C F C G F Am - G And where he got the bread to go, there ain't nobody knows, [Refrão]F C F All the Federales say they could have had him any day, C F C G F Am G - C They only let him slip away out of kindness, I suppose, Chords during solo: Am - F - C - C - F - F - C - Am - C - C - F/C/G - G - F - Am (verse 4) C G Poets tell how Pancho fell, and Lefty's living in a cheap hotel. F C G The desert's quiet and Cleveland's cold, 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. C F C G F Am - G He only did what he had to do, and now he's growing old, Chorus) F C F All the Federales say they could have had him any day, C F C G F Am - F - G They only let him slip away out of kindness, I suppose. F C F A few gray Federales say they could have had him any day. C F C G F Am They only let him go so long, out of of kindness, I suppose, Ending: Am - F - C