Steve Earle - Pancho And Lefty

tab by jofo 30/5/09

add some hammer on’s when playing the Am

C G F Am *
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D – – – – – – 2 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 3 – – – – 2 – – – – – – – – – 3/2/0 – – – – – – – – – – – |
A – – – – – – 3 – – – – – – – – – – 2 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
E – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 3 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |

C
livin’ on the road , my friend
G
was gonna keep us free and clean
F
now you wear your skin like iron
C G
and your breath’s as hard as kerosene
F
weren’t your mama’s only boy
C
but her favorite one , it seems
Am * G
she began to cry when you said good bye
F Am
and sank into your dreams
( verse 2 )
C
pancho was a bandit , boys
G
horse fast as polished steel
F
wore his guns outside his pants
C G
for all the honest world to feel
F
pancho met his match , you know
C G
on the deserts down in mexico
Am * G
nobody heard his dyin’ words
F Am
but that’s the way it goes
( chorus )
F
and all the federales say
C G
they could have had him any day
Am ( * G
they only let him hang around
F Am
out of kindness , i suppose
( verse 3 )
C
lefty he can’t sing the blues
G
all night long like he used to
F
the dust that pancho bit down south
C G
it ended up in lefty’s mouth
F
the day they laid poor pancho low
C G
lefty split for ohio
Am * G
where he got the bread to go
F Am
ahh there ain’t nobody ’knows
( chorus )
( verse 4 )
C
poets tell how pancho fell
G
lefty’s livin’ in a cheap hotel
F
the desert’s quiet and cleveland’s cold
C G
and so the story ends , we’re told
F
pancho needs your prayers , it’s true
C G
but save a few for lefty , too
Bm * G
he only did what he had to do
F Am
and now he’s growin’ old
( chorus )
( final chorus )
F
yes a few old gray federales still say
C G
they could have had him any day
Am * G
they only let him go so wrong
F Am
out of kindness , i suppose