Emmylou Harris – Pancho And Lefty chords
Chords:
Emmylou Harris - Pancho and Lefty (verse 1)C GueLiving on the road my friend, is gonna keep you free and clean,saF oiNow you wear your skin like iron,C GYour breath as hard as kerosene,F oi C FYou weren't your mama's only boy, but her favorite one it seems,C F C GShe began to cry when you said goodbye,F Am G - CAnd sank into your dreams,(verse 2)C GPancho was a bandit boys, his horse was fast as polished steel,FHe wore his gun outside his pants,C GFor all the honest world to feel,F oi C FPancho met his match you know on the deserts down in Mexico,C F C G F Am G - FNobody heard his dying words, ah but that's the way it goes,(chorus)F oi C FAll the Federales say they could have had him any day,C F C G F Am - G - FThey only let him slip away out of kindness, I suppose,(verse 3)C GLefty, he can't sing the blues all night long like he used to,F oi C GThe dust that Pancho bit down south ended up in Lefty's mouth,F oi C FThe day they laid poor Pancho low, Lefty split for Ohio,C F C G F Am - G - FWhere he got the bread to go, there ain't nobody knows,(chorus)F oi C FAll the Federales say they could have had him any day,C F C G F Am G - CThey only let him slip away out of kindness, I suppose,(verse 4)C GPoets tell how Pancho fell, and Lefty's living in a cheap hotel,FThe desert's quiet and Cleveland's cold,C GAnd so the story ends we're told,F oi C FPancho needs your prayers it's true, but save a few for Lefty too,C F C G F Am - G - FHe only did what he had to do, and now he's growing old,Chorus)F oi C FAll the Federales say they could have had him any day,C F C G F Am - F - GThey only let him slip away out of kindness, I suppose,F oi C FA few gray Federales say they could have had him any day,C F C G F Am They only let him go so long, out of of kindness, I suppose,