Pancho And Lefty chords by Willie Nelson And Merle Haggard

Verse 1:
D              A
Living on the road my friend, is gonna keep you free and clean
G
Now you wear your skin like iron,
   D         A
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    A
She began to cry when you said goodbye,
  G       Bm   Bm A D
And sank into your dreams.

Verse 2:
D            A
Pancho was a bandit boy, his horse was fast as polished steel
G

He wore his gun outside his pants
  D            A
For all the honest world to feel.
G                  D        G
Pancho met his match you know on the deserts down in Mexico
Bm        G   A       G         Bm  Bm A G
Nobody heard his dying words, ah but that's the way it goes.

Chorus 1:
G          D            G
All the Federales say they could have had him any day
Bm         G   A    G       Bm    Bm A D
They only let him slip away out of kindness, I suppose.

Verse 3:
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    A    G      Bm     Bm A G
Where he got the bread to go, there ain't nobody knows

Chorus 2:
G          D            G
All the Federales say they could have had him any day
Bm         G    A    G       Bm    Bm G D
They only let him slip away out of kindness, I suppose.

Solo:
G  D  G  Bm  D  A  G  Bm   (Bm  A D)

Verse 4:
D                 A
The boys tell how Pancho fell, and Lefty's living in cheap hotels
G
The desert's quiet, Cleveland's cold,
D        A
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   A    G        Bm   Bm A G
He only did what he had to do, and now he's growing old

Chorus 3:
G           D            G
All the Federales say they could have had him any day
Bm         G   A    G       Bm    Bm A G
They only let him go so long out of kindness, I suppose.

Chorus 4:
G            D            G
A few gray Federales say they could have had him any day
Bm         G   A    G       Bm    G  D