Chords
[Intro]
C G7 G F
Dm/F Am
G
[Verse 1]
C Living on the road, my friend
G Was gonna keep you free and clean
G7 G F Now you wear your skin like iron
And your breath'sC as hard as keG7rosene G
F You weren't your mama's only boy
But her faCvorite one, it seems F
She beAmgan to cry when you Fsaid EmgoodGbye
G7 G And Fsank into your Amdreams G
[Verse 2]
C Pancho was a bandit, boys
His Ghorse was fast as poliG7shed steel G
F Wore his gun outside his pants
For Call the honest worldG7 to feel G
F But Pancho met his match, you know
In the deCserts down in FMexico
And Amnobody heard his FdyEming Gwords
G7 G FThat's the way it goes Am
[Chorus]
F And all the federaDm/Fles say
They Ccould have had him Fany day
Am They only let him Fhang Ema_rGound
G7 G Out of Fkindness, I suppose Am
[Verse 3]
C And Lefty, he can't sing the blues
GAll night long like he G7used to G
The Fdust that Pancho bit down south
CEnded up in LefG7ty's mouth G
F The day they laid poor Pancho low
CLefty split for FOhio
And Amwhere he got the Fbread Emto Ggo
G7 G FAin't nobody Amknows
[Chorus]
F And all the federaDm/Fles say
They Ccould have had him Fany day
Am They only let him Fslip Ema_wGay
G7 G Out of Fkindness, I suppose Am G
[Interlude]
C G7 G F
Dm/F Am G
[Verse 4]
C Well, the poets tell how Pancho fell
G Lefty's living in a cheap hoG7tel G
F The desert's quiet, Cleveland's cold
C So the story ends,G7 we're told G
F Pancho needs your prayers, it's true
But Csave a few for FLefty, too
AmHe just did what he Fhad Emto Gdo
G7 G And Fnow he's growing old Am
[Chorus]
F A few gray federaDm/Fles say
They Ccould have had him Fany day
Am They only let him Fgo Emso Gwrong
G7 G Out of Fkindness, I suppose Am
[Outro]
F A few gray federaDm/Fles say
They Ccould have had him Fany day
Am They only let him Fgo Emso Gwrong
G7 G Out of Fkindness, I suppose Am
