Poncho & Lefty Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][Am]

[Verse 1]
[C]Living on the road, my friend
[G]Was gonna keep you free and clean
[F]Now you wear your skin like iron
And your [C]breath as hard as [G]kerosene
[F]You weren't your mama's only boy
But her [C]favorite one, it [F]seems
She be[Am]gan to cry when you [F]said goodb[G]ye
And [F]sank into your [Am]dreams

[Verse 2]
[C]Pancho was a bandit, boys
[G]His horse was fast as polished steel
[F]Wore his gun outside his pants
For [C]all the honest [G]world to feel
[F]Pancho met his match, you know
On the [C]deserts down in [F]Mexico
And [Am]nobody heard his [F]dying [G]words
Oh, [F]but that's the way it [Am]goes

[Chorus 1]
[F]And all the federales say
[C]They could have had him any[F] day
[Am]They only let him hang[F] aroun[G]d
Out of [F]kindness, I sup[Am]pose

[Verse 3]
[C]And Lefty, he can't sing the blues
[G]All night long like he used to
[F]The dust that Pancho bit down south
[C]Ended up in [G]Lefty's mouth
[F]The day they laid poor Pancho low
[C]Lefty split for Ohi[F]o
[Am]Where he got the bread[F] to go[G]
Oh, there [F]ain't nobody [Am]knows

[Chorus 2]
[F]And all the federales say
[C]They could have had him any[F] day
[Am]They only let him slip[F] away[G]
Out of [F]kindness, I sup[Am]pose

[Verse 4]
Well, [C]the poets tell how Pancho fell
[G]And Lefty's living in a cheap hotel
[F]The desert's quiet, Cleveland's cold
[C]So the story end[G]s, we're told
[F]Pancho needs your prayers, it's true
[C]Save a few for Lef[F]ty too
[Am]He just did what he had [F]to do[G]
[F]Now he's growing [Am]old

[Chorus 3]
[F]A few grey federales say
[C]They coulda had him any[F] day
[Am]They only let him go s[F]o wron[G]g
Out of [F]kindness, I sup[Am]pose

[Chorus 4]
A [F]few grey federales say
[C]They coulda had him any[F] day
[Am]They only let him go s[F]o wron[G]g
Out of [F]kindness, I sup[Am]pose