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Poncho And Lefty

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Standard Tuning
No capo
[Intro]
Dm F G C
[Verse 1]
CLivin' on the road my friend
GIs gonna make you free and clean
And Fnow you wear your skin like iron
Your Cbreath's as hot as Gkerosene
FYou weren't your mamma's only boy
But her Cfavorite one it sFeems
She beCgan to cry when you said, goodDmbye
And it Fsank you to your Amdream
[Verse 2]
CPoncho was a bandit beau
GHis horse was fast as polished steel
He Fwore his gun outside his clothes
For Call the honest Gworld to feel
FPoncho met his match you know
On the Cdesert down in FMexico
CNo one heard his dyin' Dmwords
But Fthat's the way it Amgoes
[Chorus]
And Fall the Federales say
CThey could have had him Fany day
CThey only let him Dmslip away
Out of Fkindness I sAmuppose
[Solo]
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[Verse 3]
CLefty, he can't sing the blues
GAll night long like he used to do
The Fdust that Poncho bit down south
CEnded up in GLefty's mouth
The Fday, they lay poor Poncho low
CLefty split for FOhio
CWhere he got the bread to Dmgo
Well, Fthere ain't nobody Amknows
[Verse 4]
CPoets tell how Poncho fell
And GLefty's livin' in a cheap hotel
The Fdesert's quiet, Cleveland's cold
CSo the story Gends I'm told
FPoncho needs your prayers, it's true
But Csave a few for FLefty too
CHe only did what he had to Dmdo
And Fnow he's growin' Amold
[Chorus]
And a Ffew gray Federales say
CWe could have had him Fany day
CThey only let him slip Dmaway
FOut of kindness I sAmuppose
[Chorus]
FSaid a few gray Federales say
CWe could have had him any Fday
CWe only let him Dmgo so long
Out of Fkindness I sAmuppose

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Poncho And Lefty

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Poncho And Lefty

by Hoyt Axton

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

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Standard Tuning

No capo

[Intro]

Dm F G C

[Verse 1]

Livin' on the road my friend

Is gonna make you free and clean

And now you wear your skin like iron

C G

Your breath's as hot as kerosene

You weren't your mamma's only boy

C F

But her favorite one it seems

C Dm

She began to cry when you said, goodbye

F Am

And it sank you to your dream

[Verse 2]

Poncho was a bandit beau

His horse was fast as polished steel

He wore his gun outside his clothes

C G

For all the honest world to feel

Poncho met his match you know

C F

On the desert down in Mexico

C Dm

No one heard his dyin' words

F Am

But that's the way it goes

[Chorus]

And all the Federales say

C F

They could have had him any day

C Dm

They only let him slip away

F Am

Out of kindness I suppose

[Solo]

F C F C Dm F Am

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[Verse 3]

Lefty, he can't sing the blues

All night long like he used to do

The dust that Poncho bit down south

C G

Ended up in Lefty's mouth

The day, they lay poor Poncho low

C F

Lefty split for Ohio

C Dm

Where he got the bread to go

F Am

Well, there ain't nobody knows

[Verse 4]

Poets tell how Poncho fell

And Lefty's livin' in a cheap hotel

The desert's quiet, Cleveland's cold

C G

So the story ends I'm told

Poncho needs your prayers, it's true

C F

But save a few for Lefty too

C Dm

He only did what he had to do

F Am

And now he's growin' old

[Chorus]

And a few gray Federales say

C F

We could have had him any day

C Dm

They only let him slip away

F Am

Out of kindness I suppose

[Chorus]

Said a few gray Federales say

C F

We could have had him any day

C Dm

We only let him go so long

F Am

Out of kindness I suppose

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