Chords for Frank Turner - Pancho and Lefty (Townes Van Zandt cover)

_ I have the [G] letters TVZ on my [F#] wrist because Townes Van [C] Zandt is the greatest _
_ and we were in Houston the [A] other day and I try and do regionally [F#] specific covers
when I'm on tour [G#] and [F#] Townes is from Houston so I learned a [C] Townes song
_ _ and I think I can remember all the words, so we'll see how it goes. _ _
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_ Living on the road my friend, [G] _
it's gonna keep you free and clean
[F]
when you wear your skin like [C] iron and your breath's as [G] hard as kerosene
_ [F] you want your mama's only [C] boy, not her favorite one it [F] seems
[Am] she began to cry when you [G] said goodbye, _ _ _ _
_ [F] second [Am] to her dreams _
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Panto's a bandit boy, [G] his horse is spiced with polished steel
[F] wore his gun outside his [C] pants for all the [G] honest world to feel
[F] _ Panto met his match you [C]
know in the deserts down in [F] Mexico
[Am] _
_ nobody heard his [G] dying words, _ _ _ _ _ [F] that's the [Am] way it _ _ goes _ _ _
[F] and all the feds, they [C] say they could have [F] had him any [Am] day
they just let him [G] hang around _ _ _ at [F] a kindness [Am] eyes folks
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Lefty he can't sing the [G] blues all night long like he used to
[F] just the pancho bit down [C] south and ended up [G] in Lefty's mouth
[F] the day they laid poor Panto low, [C] Lefty split for Ohio
_ [Am] where he got the [G] bread to go, _ _ _ _ [F] well there ain't [Am] nobody knows _ _ _ _
_ [F] and all the feds, they [A] say [C] they could have [F] had him any day
[Am] they just let him [G] slip _ _ away _ _ [F] at a kindness [Am] eyes folks _ _ _ _ _ _
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poets tell how Panto fell, [G] _
Lefty's living in a cheap motel
[F] the desert's quiet and Cleveland's cold, [C] so the story [G] ends we're told
[F] Panto needs your prayers it's [C] true, but save a few for [F]
Lefty
[Em] _ [Am] he just did what he [G] had to do, _ _ _ _ _ _ [F]
now he's [Am] growing _ old _ _ _
_ _ [F] and all the feds, they say [C] _ they could have [F] had him any [Am] day
they just let him [G] hang around _ _ _ _ [F] at a kindness [Am] eyes folks _ _ _ _ _
[F] a few great fair alleys, [C] they say they could have had [F] him any [Em] day
[Am] they just let him [G] slip away _ _ _ at [F] a kindness [A] eyes [Am] folks _ _ _
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