{"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":2856503,"song":"Poncho And Lefty","artist":"Hoyt Axton","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11645982-poncho-and-lefty-chords-by-hoyt-axton/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2856503?type=chord","rating":4.81646,"votes":252,"content":"--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\nStandard Tuning\r\nNo capo\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nLivin' on the road my friend[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nIs gonna make you free and clean[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd now you wear your skin like iron[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYour breath's as hot as kerosene[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nYou weren't your mamma'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]C[/ch]                             [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nShe began to cry when you said, goodbye[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd it sank you to your dream[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nPoncho was a bandit beau[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nHis horse was fast as polished steel[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHe wore his gun outside his clothes[/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\nPoncho met his match you know[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOn the desert down in Mexico[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nNo one 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\r\n\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]C[/ch]                 [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThey only let him slip away[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOut of kindness I suppose[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Solo]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Dm[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n|1234|1234|1234|1234|1234|1234|1234|1234|1234|1234[/tab]\r\n\r\n\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 do[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe dust that Poncho bit down south[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nEnded up in Lefty's mouth[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe day, they lay poor Poncho low[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nLefty split for Ohio[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWhere he got the bread to go[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWell, there ain't nobody knows[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nPoets tell how Poncho fell[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd Lefty's livin' in a cheap hotel[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe desert's quiet, Cleveland's cold[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo the story ends I'm told[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nPoncho 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]C[/ch]                          [ch]Dm[/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\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd a few gray Federales say[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWe could have had him any day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThey only let him slip away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOut of kindness I suppose[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nSaid a few gray Federales say[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWe could have had him any day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWe only let him go so long[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOut of kindness I suppose[/tab]","plain_text":"--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nStandard Tuning\nNo capo\n\n\n[Intro]\nDm F G C\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Solo]\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["Dm","F","G","C","Am"],"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]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"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]}}}