Pancho And Lefty

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PANCHO AND LEFTY
(written by Townes Van Zandt)
As done by Emmylou Harris on her album Luxury Liner
[Intro]
C
[Verse 1]
C G
Living on the road my friend, is gonna keep you free and clean
F
Now you wear your skin like iron,
C G
Your breath's as hard as kerosene
F C F
You weren't your mama's only boy, but her favorite one it seems
Am F C G
She began to cry when you said goodbye,
F Am Am G
And sank into your dreams
[Verse 2]
C G
Pancho was a bandit, boys, his horse was fast as polished steel
F
He wore his gun outside his pants
C G
For all the honest world to feel
F C F
Pancho met his match you know on the deserts down in Mexico
Am F C G F Am Am G
And nobody heard his dying words, ah but that's the way it goes
[Chorus]
F C F
All the Federales say they could have had him any day
Am F C G F Am Am G
They only let him slip away out of kindness, I suppose
[Verse 3]
C G
Lefty, he can't sing the blues all night long like he used to.
F C G
The dust that Pancho bit down south ended up in Lefty's mouth
F C F
The day they laid poor Pancho low, Lefty split for Ohio
Am F C G F Am Am G
Where he got the bread to go, there ain't nobody knows
[Chorus]
F C F
All the Federales say could have had him any day
Am F C G F Am Am F C C
We only let him slip away out of kindness, I suppose
[Solo]
F F C F
| | | | |
Am FC G G F
| | | | | |
Am AmG
| | |
[Verse 4]
C G
The poets tell how Pancho fell, Lefty's living in a cheap hotel
F
The desert's quiet and Cleveland's cold,
C G
And so the story ends we're told
F C F
Pancho needs your prayers it's true, but save a few for Lefty too
Am F C G F Am Am G
He only did what he had to do, and now he's growing old
[Chorus]
F C F
All the Federales say could have had him any day
Am F C G F Am Am G
We only let him slip away out of kindness, I suppose
F C F
A few gray Federales say could have had him any day
Am F C G F Am Am F C
We only let him go so long, out of of kindness, I suppose

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PANCHO AND LEFTY
(written by Townes Van Zandt)
As done by Emmylou Harris on her album Luxury Liner
[Intro]
C
[Verse 1]
[Verse 2]
[Chorus]
[Verse 3]
[Chorus]
[Solo]
| F      | F      | C      | F      |
| Am     | F C | G      | G      | F      |
| Am     | Am  G  |
[Verse 4]
[Chorus]

Pancho And Lefty Chords by Emmylou Harris

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