Key: C
Introduction:
C G
Livin' on the road my friend is gonna keep you free and clean
F C
Now you wear your skin like iron, your breath's hard as
G
kerosene
F C F
You weren't your momma's only boy, but her favorite one it seems
Am Dm F
Began to cry when you said, "good-bye", sank into your
Am
dreams.
Poncho was a bandit boys, his horse was fast as polished steel
F C F
All the Federales say, they could'a had him any day
Am Dm F Am
They only let him go so long, out of kindness I suppose.
Lefty he can't sing the blues, anymore like he used to