{"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":77949,"song":"Pancho And Lefty","artist":"Willie Nelson","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/77949-pancho-and-lefty-chords-by-willie-nelson/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/77949?type=chord","rating":4.83538,"votes":507,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D/F#[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G/D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G/D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch] [ch]A/D[/ch]  x2 \r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nLivin' 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\nBut now you wear your skin like iron[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd your 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]Bm[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nShe began to cry when you said good bye[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Bm[/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\nRode a horse fast as polished steel[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWore his guns outside his pants[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nFor all the honest world to fear[/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]Bm[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nNo one heard his dyin' words[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]Bm[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut that's the way it goes[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd all 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]Bm[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThey only let him slip away[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nOut of kindness, I suppose[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nNow Lefty 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\nIt ended up in Lefty's mouth[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe day they laid old Pancho low[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLefty split for Ohio[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhere he got the bread to go[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]Bm[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWell there ain't nobody 'knows[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd all 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]Bm[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThey only let him slip away[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nOut of kindness, I suppose[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Lead]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nNow poets sing 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\nAnd so 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]Bm[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe only did what he had to do[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAnd now he's growin' old[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd all 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]Bm[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThey only let him go so long[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nOut of kindness, I suppose[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Final Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nYes a few old gray federales still say[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey could have had him any day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThey only let him go so long[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nOut of kindness, I suppose[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nD A G A G D D/F#  D G/D D G/D D  A A/D  x2 \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[Lead]\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Final Chorus]","chords":["D","A","G","D/F#","G/D","A/D","Bm"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"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]}}}