Pancho and Lefty Steve Earle
add some hammer on's when playing the Am
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[C]Livin' on the road, my friend
[G]Was gonna keep us free and clean
[F]now you wear your skin like iron
A[C]nd your breath's as hard [G]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]And sank into your d[Am]reams
(Verse 2)
[C]Pancho was a bandit, boys
[G]horse fast as polished steel
[F]Wore his guns outside his pants
[C]For all the honest world [G]to feel
[F]Pancho met his match, you know
[C]On the deserts down i[G]n Mexico
Am * G
Nobody heard his dyin' words
[F]But that's the way i[Am]t goes
(Chorus)
[F]And all the federales say
[C]They could have had him any [G]day
Am (* G
They only let him hang around
Out of [F]kindness, I supp[Am]ose
(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]It ended up in Lefty'[G]s mouth
[F]The day they laid poor Pancho low
[C]Lefty split for Ohio[G]
Am * G
Where he got the bread to go
[F]ahh there ain't nobod[Am]y '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]And so the story ends, we[G]'re told
[F]Pancho needs your prayers, it's true
[C]But save a few for Lefty, to[G]o
Bm * G
He only did what he had to do
[F]And now he's growin'[Am] old
(Chorus)
(Final Chorus)
[F]Yes a few old gray federales still say
[C]They could have had him any [G]day
Am * G
They only let him go so wrong
Out of [F]kindness, I suppo[Am]se
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