Willie Nelson – Pancho And Lefty chords

        
Song written by Townes Van Zandt
sung by Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard

(Verse 1)
DLivin' on the road, my friend
AWas gonna keep us free and clean
GBut now you wear your skin like iron
D                              AAnd your breath's as hard as kerosene
GYou weren't your mama's only boy
D                         GBut her favorite one, it seems
Bm                               G        AShe began to cry when you said good bye
G                   BmAnd sank into your dreams
(Verse 2)
DPancho was a bandit, boys
ARode a horse fast as polished steel
GWore his guns outside his pants
D                         AFor all the honest world to feel
GPancho met his match, you know
D                    GOn the deserts down in Mexico
Bm                      G     ANo one heard his dyin' words
G                   BmBut that's the way it goes
(Chorus)
GAnd all the federales say
D                           GThey could have had him any day
Bm                 G    AThey only let him slip away
       G               BmOut of kindness, I suppose
(Verse 3)
DNow Lefty he can't sing the blues
AAll night long like he used to
GThe dust that Pancho bit down South
D                    AIt ended up in Lefty's mouth
GThe day they laid old Pancho low
D                    GLefty split for Ohio
Bm                      G           AWhere he got the bread to go
G                     BmWell there ain't nobody 'knows
(Chorus)
(Verse 4)
DNow poets sing how Pancho fell
ALefty's livin' in a cheap hotel
GThe desert's quiet and Cleveland's cold
D                         AAnd so the story ends, we're told
GPancho needs your prayers, it's true
D                           GBut save a few for Lefty, too
Bm                          G        AHe only did what he had to do
G                   BmAnd now he's growin' old
(Chorus)
(Final Chorus)
DYes a few old gray federales still say
D                            GThey could have had him any day
Bm                     G      AThey only let him go so wrong
       G                BmOut of kindness, I suppose