Pancho and Lefty
Merle Haggard
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[Verse]DLivin' on the road, my friendAWas gonna keep you free and cleanGAnd now you wear your skin like ironD AAnd your breath's as hard as keroseneGWeren't your mama's only boyD GBut her favorite one, it seemsBm G D AShe began to cry when you said goodbyeG Bm A/C#*(And) sank into your dreams[Verse]DPancho was a bandit, boysAHis horse was fast as polished steelGHe wore his gun outside his pantsD AFor all the honest world to feelGWell, Pancho met his match, you knowD GOn the deserts down in MexicoBm G D ANobody heard his dyin' wordsG Bm A*Ah, but that's the way it goes[Chorus]GAll the federales sayD GThey could have had him any dayBm G D AThey only let him slip awayG Bm A/C#*Out of kindness, I suppose[Verse]DLefty he can't sing the bluesAAll night long like he used toGThe dust that Pancho bit down SouthD AEnded up in Lefty's mouthGThe day they laid poor Pancho lowD GLefty split for OhioBm G D AWhere he got the bread to goG Bm A*There ain't nobody knows[Chorus]GAll the federales sayD GThey could have had him any dayBm G D AWe only let him slip awayG Bm A*Out of kindness, I suppose[Verse]DThe poets tell how Pancho fellAAnd Lefty's livin' in a cheap hotelGThe desert's quiet, and Cleveland's coldD AAnd so the story ends, we're toldGPancho needs your prayers, it's trueD GBut save a few for Lefty, tooBm G D AHe only did what he had to doG Bm A*And now he's growin' old[Chorus]GAll the federales sayD GThey could have had him any dayBm G D AThey only let him go so longG Bm A/C#*Out of kindness, I suppose[Chorus]GA few gray federales sayD GThey could have had him any dayBm G D AThey only let him go so longG Bm Gmaj7 A DOut of kindness, I suppose