{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":831043,"song":"Pancho And Lefty","artist":"Steve Earle","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11598317-pancho-and-lefty-chords-by-steve-earle/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/831043?type=chord","rating":4.728,"votes":151,"content":"tab by jofo  30/5/09\r\n\r\nadd some hammer on's when playing the Am\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]               *\r\ne-------------------------------------------------------|\r\nb------1----------1------1----1---------1-1-1-----------|\r\ng------0----------0------2----2---------2-2-2-----------|\r\nd------2-----------------3----2---------3/2/0-----------|\r\na------3----------2-------------------------------------|\r\ne-----------------3-------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nLivin' on the road, my friend[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWas gonna keep us free and clean[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nnow you wear your skin like iron[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd your breath's as hard as kerosene[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nweren't your mama's only boy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut her favorite one, it seems[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe began to cry when you said good bye[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd sank into your dreams[/tab]\r\n(Verse 2)\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nPancho was a bandit, boys[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nhorse fast as polished steel[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nWore his guns outside his pants[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor all the honest world to feel[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nPancho met his match, you know[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOn the deserts down in Mexico[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNobody  heard his dyin' words[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut that's the way it goes[/tab]\r\n(Chorus)\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd all the federales say[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThey could have had him any day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey only let him hang around[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOut of kindness, I suppose[/tab]\r\n(Verse 3)\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nLefty he can't sing the blues[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nAll night long like he used to[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe dust that Pancho bit down South[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt ended up in Lefty's mouth[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe day they laid poor Pancho low[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nLefty split for Ohio[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhere he got the bread to go[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nahh there ain't nobody 'knows[/tab]\r\n(Chorus)\r\n(Verse 4)\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\npoets tell how Pancho fell[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nLefty's livin' in a cheap hotel[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe desert's quiet and Cleveland's cold[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd so the story ends, we're told[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nPancho needs your prayers, it's true[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut save a few for Lefty, too[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                          [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe only did what he had to do[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd now he's growin' old[/tab]\r\n(Chorus)\r\n(Final Chorus)\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nYes a few old gray federales still say[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThey could have had him any day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey only let him go so wrong[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOut of kindness, I suppose[/tab]","plain_text":"tab by jofo  30/5/09\n\nadd some hammer on's when playing the Am\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(Verse 2)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(Chorus)\n\n\n\n\n(Verse 3)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(Chorus)\n(Verse 4)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(Chorus)\n(Final Chorus)","chords":["Am","C","G","F"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}