Pancho & Lefty Chords by Emmylou Harris

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_ Living on the road my friend [G] is gonna keep you free and clean _
[F] Now you wear your skin like iron, [C] your breath's as hard as [G] _ _ kerosene
[F] Weren't your mama's the only boy [C] but her favorite one [F] it seemed
She [Am] began to cry when you [C] said [G] goodbye _ and _ _ _ [F] sank into [Am] your _ dreams _ _ _
[G] _ [C] _ _ Pancho was a bandit [G] boss, his horse was fast as polished [F] steel
He wore his gun outside his [Dm] pants [C] for all the [G] honest world to feel
[F] _ _ Pancho _ _ moved [C] the _ deserts [F] down in Mexico [Am] and nobody [F] heard his _ [G] dying words
_ _ _ [F] Out of kindness the [Am] way he _ rose, _ _ [C] _
_ [F] _ all of that _ _ _
[C] _ to cut her [F] head in many days
[Am] _ Only [F] let him [C] slip [G] _
away, _ _ _ _ [F] out of kindness I [Am] _ suppose _ _ _
_ [Em] _ [C] _ Lefty can't sing the [G] blues all night long like he used _ [F] to
The dust that Pancho bit down [C] south, a bit up [G] in Lefty's mouth
[F] _ There they laid poor Pancho low, [C] _
left his plan [F] for Ohio
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And where he [F] got the [C] [G] bread to throw, _ _ _ _ _ [F] there ain't nobody [Am] knows
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[F] _ All of that _ to cut [C] _ her [F] head in many days
[Am] We only let [F] him [C] slip [G] _
away, _ _ _ [F] out of kindness [Am] I _ suppose
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_ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ poets tell how Pancho [G] fell, _ Lefty's living in a cheap hotel
[F] The desert's quiet and Cleveland's cold, [C] and so the [G] story ends with told
[F] _ _ Pancho needs your prayers, it's [C] true, but save a few [F] for Lefty too
[Am] He only did what he _
[G] had to do, _ _ _ _ [F] and now he's grown [Am] _ old _
_ _ _ [C] _ [F] All of that _ to [C] cut her [F] head in many days
[Am] We only [F] let him [C] slip [G] away, _ _ _ _ [F] out of kindness [Am] I suppose _
A _ _ [F] _ few grandfathers _ _ [C] say, could have [F] had him any day
[Am] We only [F] let [C] him go [G] so long, _ _ _ [F] out of kindness [Am] I suppose
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