Ashley Campbell – Pancho And Lefty chords

[Intro]
C  C/G  C  C/G  (2x)

[Verse 1]
C Livin' on the road, my friend
G Was gonna keep us free and clean
F But now you wear your skin like iron
          C                   G And your breath's as hard as kerosene
F You weren't your mama's only boy
        C                FBut her favorite one, it seems
    Am                    F    C   GShe began to cry when you said goodbye
    F                AmAnd sank into your dreams

[Verse 2]
C Pancho was a bandit, boys
G Rode a 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               F On the deserts down in Mexico
Am                F C   G No one heard his dyin' words
     F                    Am But that's the way it goes

[Chorus]
F All the federales say
      C                  F They could have had him any day
      Am           F    C G They only let him slip a-way
        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 old Pancho low
 C               G Lefty split for Ohio
Am                F     C  G Where he got the bread to go
            F                Am Well there ain't nobody knows

[Chorus]
F All the federales say
      C                  F They could have had him any day
      Am           F    C G They only let him slip a-way
        F                 Am Out of kindness, I suppose

[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
 Am                  F   C  G He only did what he had to do
     F                  Am And now he's growin' old

[Chorus]
F All the federales say
      C                  F They could have had him any day
      Am           F    C G They only let him slip a-way
        F                 Am Out of kindness, I suppose

[Chorus]
       F Yes a few old gray federales still say
      C                  F They could have had him any day
      Am           F  C  G They only let him go so wrong
        F                 Am Out of kindness, I suppose