Key: D
D
A
Living on the road my friend, is gonna keep you free and clean
G
D
A
Now you wear your skin like iron, Your breath as hard as kerosene
G
D
G
You weren't your mama's only boy, but her favorite one it seems
Bm
G
D
A
G
Bm
D
She began to cry when you said goodbye, And sank into your dreams
D
A
Pancho was a bandit boy, his horse was fast as polished steel
G
D
A
He wore his gun outside his pants. For all the honest world to feel
G
D
G
Pancho met his match you know on the deserts down in Mexico
Bm
G
D
A
G
Bm
G
Nobody heard his dying words, ah but that's the way it goes
G
D
G
All the Federales say they could have had him any day
Bm
G
D
A
G
Bm
D
They only let him slip away out of kindness, I suppose
D
A
Lefty, he can't sing the blues all night long like he used to
G
D
A
The dust that Pancho bit down south ended up in Lefty's mouth
G
D
G
The day they laid poor Pancho low, Lefty split for Ohio
Bm
G
D
A
G
Bm
G
Where he got the bread to go, there ain't nobody knows
G
D
G
All the Federales say they could have had him any day
Bm
G
D
A
G
Bm
D
They only let him slip away out of kindness, I suppose
D
A
The poets tell how Pancho fell, and Lefty's living in cheap hotels
G
D
A
The desert's quiet, Cleveland's cold, And so the story ends we're told
G
D
G
Pancho needs your prayers it's true, but save a few for Lefty too
Bm
G
D
A
G
Bm
G
He only did what he had to do, and now he's growing old
G
D
G
All the Federales say they could have had him any day
Bm
G
D
A
G
Bm
G
They only let him go so long out of kindness, I suppose
G
D
G
A few gray Federales say they could have had him any day
Bm
G
D
A
G
Bm
G
D
They only let him go so long out of kindness, I suppose