{"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":2887214,"song":"Pancho And Lefty","artist":"Jason Isbell","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11650259-pancho-and-lefty-chords-by-jason-isbell/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2887214?type=chord","rating":4.80798,"votes":98,"content":"For the Em9, play this:\r\nx24030\r\n\r\n************************************\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nLiving on the road my friend[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nWas gonna keep you free and clean[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow you wear your skin like iron[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYour breath's as hard as kerosene[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou weren't your mama's only boy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut her favorite one it seems[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em9[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nShe began to cry when you said goodbye[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]Em9[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd sank into your dreams[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nPancho was a bandit boys[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nHis horse was fast as polished steel[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWore his gun outside his pants[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nFor all the honest world to feel[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nPancho met his match you know[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOn the deserts down in Mexico[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em9[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nNobody heard his dying words[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]Em9[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThat's the way it goes[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nAll the federales say[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey could have had him any day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em9[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThey only let him slip away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]Em9[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOut of kindness I suppose[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nLefty he can't sing the blues[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nAll night long like he used to[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe dust that Pancho bit down south[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nEnded up in Lefty's mouth[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe day they laid poor Pancho low[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLefty split for Ohio[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em9[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhere he got the bread to go[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]Em9[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThere ain't nobody knows[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nAll the federales say[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey could have had him any day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em9[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThey only let him go so long[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]Em9[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOut of kindness I suppose[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe poets tell how Pancho fell[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nLefty's livin' in a cheap hotel[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe desert's quiet and Cleveland's cold[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSo the story ends we're told[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nPancho needs your prayers it's true[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut save a few for Lefty too[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em9[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe only did what he had to do[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Em9[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nNow he's getting old[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nAll the federales say[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey could have had him any day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em9[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThey only let him slip away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Em9[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOut of kindness I suppose[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nA few gray federales say[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThey could have had him any day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em9[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThey only let him go so long[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]Em9[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOut of kindness I suppose[/tab]","plain_text":"For the Em9, play this:\nx24030\n\n************************************\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["D","A","G","Em9"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}