{"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":70681,"song":"Pancho And Lefty","artist":"Emmylou Harris","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/70681-pancho-and-lefty-chords-by-emmylou-harris/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/70681?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":436,"content":"PANCHO AND LEFTY\r\n(written by Townes Van Zandt)\r\n\r\nAs done by Emmylou Harris on her album Luxury Liner\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  Living on the road my friend, is gonna keep you free and clean[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\n  Now you wear your skin like iron,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYour breath's as hard as kerosene[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                           [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\n  You weren't your mama's only boy, but her favorite one it seems[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe began to cry when you said goodbye,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd sank into your dreams[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  Pancho was a bandit, boys, his horse was fast as polished steel[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\n  He wore his gun 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]                                      [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\n  Pancho met his match you know on the deserts down in Mexico[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd nobody heard his dying words, ah but that's the way it goes[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]\r\n  All the Federales say they could have had him any day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  They only let him slip away out of kindness, I suppose[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  Lefty, he can't sing the blues all night long like he used to.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                     [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  The dust that Pancho bit down south ended up in Lefty's mouth[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                    [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\n  The day they laid poor Pancho low, Lefty split for Ohio[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n   Where he got the bread to go, there ain't nobody knows[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\n  All the Federales say could have had him any day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\n  We only let him slip away out of kindness, I suppose[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Solo]\r\n| [ch]F[/ch]      | [ch]F[/ch]      | [ch]C[/ch]      | [ch]F[/ch]      |\r\n| [ch]Am[/ch]     | [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch]      | [ch]G[/ch]      | [ch]F[/ch]      |\r\n| [ch]Am[/ch]     | [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  |\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  The poets tell how Pancho fell,  Lefty's living in a cheap hotel[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\n  The desert's quiet and Cleveland's cold,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  And so the story ends we're told[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                     [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\n  Pancho needs your prayers it's true, but save a few for Lefty too[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  He only did what he had to do, and now he's growing old[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\n  All the Federales say could have had him any day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  We only let him slip away out of kindness, I suppose[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\n  A few gray Federales say could have had him any day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\n  We only let him go so long, out of of kindness, I suppose[/tab]","plain_text":"PANCHO AND LEFTY\n(written by Townes Van Zandt)\n\nAs done by Emmylou Harris on her album Luxury Liner\n\n[Intro]\nC\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Solo]\n| F      | F      | C      | F      |\n| Am     | F C | G      | G      | F      |\n| Am     | Am  G  |\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["C","G","F","Am","A"],"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]}}}