Emmylou Harris - Pancho And Lefty

emmylou harris – pancho and lefty

( verse 1 )
C gue
living on the road my friend , is gonna keep you free and clean , sa
F oi
now you wear your skin like iron ,
C G
your breath as hard as kerosene ,
F oi C F
you weren’t your mama’s only boy , but her favorite one it seems ,
C F C G
she began to cry when you said goodbye ,
F Am G – C
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 oi C F
pancho met his match you know on the deserts down in mexico ,
C F C G F Am G – F
nobody heard his dying words , ah but that’s the way it goes ,

( chorus )
F oi C F
all the federales say they could have had him any day ,
C F C G F Am – G – F
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 oi C G
the dust that pancho bit down south ended up in lefty’s mouth ,
F oi C F
the day they laid poor pancho low , lefty split for ohio ,
C F C G F Am – G – F
where he got the bread to go , there ain’t nobody knows ,

( chorus )
F oi C F
all the federales say they could have had him any day ,
C F C G F Am G – C
they only let him slip away out of kindness , i suppose ,

( verse 4 )
C G
poets tell how pancho fell , and 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 oi C F
pancho needs your prayers it’s true , but save a few for lefty too ,
C F C G F Am – G – F
he only did what he had to do , and now he’s growing old ,

chorus )
F oi C F
all the federales say they could have had him any day ,
C F C G F Am – F – G
they only let him slip away out of kindness , i suppose ,
F oi C F
a 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 ,