Chords for HOYT AXTON - Poncho and Lefty
Tempo:
158.55 bpm
Chords used:
F
C
Dm
Am
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Dm]
[F] [G] [C]
Living on the road my friend, [G] gonna make you free [C] and clean.
[F] Now you wear your skin like iron, [C]
your breath's as [Em] hard as carol sing.
[F] Weren't your mama's only boy, [C] but her favorite one it [F] seems.
[C] She began to cry when you said [Dm] goodbye, [F] and you said you'd [Am] do your dreams.
[C] Poncho was a bandit boy, [G] his horse as fast as Polly's [F] steel.
Wore his gun outside his clothes, [C] for all the honest [G] world to feel.
[F] Poncho met his match, you know, [C] on a desert [F] down in Mexico.
[C] No one heard his [Dm] dying words, [F] but that's the [Am] way it goes.
[F] All the federals [C] say, we could have [F] had him any [C] day.
They only let [F] him slip [Dm] away,
[F] out of kindness I [Am] suppose.
[F]
[C]
[F] [C]
[Dm]
[F] [Am]
[C]
Lefty, he can't sing the [G] blues all night long like he used to do.
[F] The dust pit Poncho bit down [C] south, ended up [G] in Lefty's mouth.
[F] The day they laid poor Poncho low, [C]
Lefty split [F] for Ohio.
[C]
Where he got [Dm] the brand new gold,
[F] there ain't [Am] nobody knows.
[C] Oh, let's tell how Poncho Bell and [G] Lefty's living in a cheap old [F] town.
The desert's quiet and Cleveland's cold, [C] so the [G] story ends on a [F] throw.
Poncho needs your prayers, it's [C] true, but save a few [F] for Lefty too.
[C] He only did what he [Am] had [Dm] to do, [F] now he's [Am] grown old.
[F] And a few great federales [C] say, we could [F] have had him any day.
[C] They only let him slip [Dm] away, [F]
out of kindness I [Am] suppose.
[F] Said a few great federales [C] say, we could have [F] had him any day.
[C] They only let him go [Dm] so long, [F] out of kindness [B] I [Am] suppose.
[F] [G] [C]
Living on the road my friend, [G] gonna make you free [C] and clean.
[F] Now you wear your skin like iron, [C]
your breath's as [Em] hard as carol sing.
[F] Weren't your mama's only boy, [C] but her favorite one it [F] seems.
[C] She began to cry when you said [Dm] goodbye, [F] and you said you'd [Am] do your dreams.
[C] Poncho was a bandit boy, [G] his horse as fast as Polly's [F] steel.
Wore his gun outside his clothes, [C] for all the honest [G] world to feel.
[F] Poncho met his match, you know, [C] on a desert [F] down in Mexico.
[C] No one heard his [Dm] dying words, [F] but that's the [Am] way it goes.
[F] All the federals [C] say, we could have [F] had him any [C] day.
They only let [F] him slip [Dm] away,
[F] out of kindness I [Am] suppose.
[F]
[C]
[F] [C]
[Dm]
[F] [Am]
[C]
Lefty, he can't sing the [G] blues all night long like he used to do.
[F] The dust pit Poncho bit down [C] south, ended up [G] in Lefty's mouth.
[F] The day they laid poor Poncho low, [C]
Lefty split [F] for Ohio.
[C]
Where he got [Dm] the brand new gold,
[F] there ain't [Am] nobody knows.
[C] Oh, let's tell how Poncho Bell and [G] Lefty's living in a cheap old [F] town.
The desert's quiet and Cleveland's cold, [C] so the [G] story ends on a [F] throw.
Poncho needs your prayers, it's [C] true, but save a few [F] for Lefty too.
[C] He only did what he [Am] had [Dm] to do, [F] now he's [Am] grown old.
[F] And a few great federales [C] say, we could [F] have had him any day.
[C] They only let him slip [Dm] away, [F]
out of kindness I [Am] suppose.
[F] Said a few great federales [C] say, we could have [F] had him any day.
[C] They only let him go [Dm] so long, [F] out of kindness [B] I [Am] suppose.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Living on the road my _ friend, [G] gonna make you free [C] and clean.
[F] Now you wear your skin like iron, [C]
your breath's as [Em] hard as carol sing. _
[F] Weren't your mama's only boy, [C] but her favorite one it [F] seems.
[C] She began to cry when you said [Dm] goodbye, _ _ _ _ _ [F] and you said you'd [Am] do your dreams. _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ Poncho was a bandit boy, [G] his horse as fast as Polly's [F] steel.
Wore his gun outside his clothes, [C] for all the honest [G] world to feel.
[F] _ Poncho met his match, you know, [C] on a desert _ [F] down in Mexico.
_ [C] _ No one heard his [Dm] dying words, _ _ _ _ [F] but that's the [Am] way it _ goes. _
_ _ _ [F] _ All the _ federals _ [C] say, we could have [F] had him any [C] day.
They only let [F] him slip [Dm] away, _ _ _ _ _
[F] out of kindness I [Am] _ suppose.
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
Lefty, he can't sing the [G] blues all night long like he used to do.
[F] The dust pit Poncho bit down [C] south, ended up [G] in Lefty's mouth.
[F] The day they laid poor Poncho low, [C]
Lefty split [F] for Ohio.
[C] _
Where he got [Dm] the brand new gold, _
_ _ _ _ [F] there ain't [Am] nobody _ knows. _ _ _ _
[C] Oh, let's tell how Poncho Bell and [G] _ Lefty's living in a cheap old [F] town.
The desert's quiet and _ Cleveland's cold, [C] so the [G] story ends on a [F] throw.
Poncho needs your prayers, it's [C] true, but save a few [F] for Lefty too.
[C] _ He only did what he [Am] had [Dm] to do, _ _ _ _ _ [F] now he's [Am] grown old. _ _ _ _
_ [F] And a few great _ _ federales [C] say, we could [F] have had him any day.
[C] _ They only let him slip [Dm] away, _ _ _ _ _ [F]
out of kindness I [Am] _ suppose. _
_ _ _ [F] Said a few great _ _ federales [C] say, we could have [F] had him any day.
[C] They only let him go [Dm] so _ long, _ _ _ [F] out of kindness [B] I [Am] suppose.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Living on the road my _ friend, [G] gonna make you free [C] and clean.
[F] Now you wear your skin like iron, [C]
your breath's as [Em] hard as carol sing. _
[F] Weren't your mama's only boy, [C] but her favorite one it [F] seems.
[C] She began to cry when you said [Dm] goodbye, _ _ _ _ _ [F] and you said you'd [Am] do your dreams. _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ Poncho was a bandit boy, [G] his horse as fast as Polly's [F] steel.
Wore his gun outside his clothes, [C] for all the honest [G] world to feel.
[F] _ Poncho met his match, you know, [C] on a desert _ [F] down in Mexico.
_ [C] _ No one heard his [Dm] dying words, _ _ _ _ [F] but that's the [Am] way it _ goes. _
_ _ _ [F] _ All the _ federals _ [C] say, we could have [F] had him any [C] day.
They only let [F] him slip [Dm] away, _ _ _ _ _
[F] out of kindness I [Am] _ suppose.
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
Lefty, he can't sing the [G] blues all night long like he used to do.
[F] The dust pit Poncho bit down [C] south, ended up [G] in Lefty's mouth.
[F] The day they laid poor Poncho low, [C]
Lefty split [F] for Ohio.
[C] _
Where he got [Dm] the brand new gold, _
_ _ _ _ [F] there ain't [Am] nobody _ knows. _ _ _ _
[C] Oh, let's tell how Poncho Bell and [G] _ Lefty's living in a cheap old [F] town.
The desert's quiet and _ Cleveland's cold, [C] so the [G] story ends on a [F] throw.
Poncho needs your prayers, it's [C] true, but save a few [F] for Lefty too.
[C] _ He only did what he [Am] had [Dm] to do, _ _ _ _ _ [F] now he's [Am] grown old. _ _ _ _
_ [F] And a few great _ _ federales [C] say, we could [F] have had him any day.
[C] _ They only let him slip [Dm] away, _ _ _ _ _ [F]
out of kindness I [Am] _ suppose. _
_ _ _ [F] Said a few great _ _ federales [C] say, we could have [F] had him any day.
[C] They only let him go [Dm] so _ long, _ _ _ [F] out of kindness [B] I [Am] suppose.
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