Pancho And Lefty chords by Willie Nelson And Merle Haggard

Verse 1:
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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.
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You weren't your mama's only boy, but her favorite one it seems
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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.
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Pancho met his match you know on the deserts down in Mexico
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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
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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
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The day they laid poor Pancho low, Lefty split for Ohio
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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
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Pancho needs your prayers it's true, but save a few for Lefty too
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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