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capo 1 Pancho and Lefty Townes Van Zandt <C>Living on the road my friend (Cody Jinks version) <G>Was gonna keep you free and clean <F>Now you wear your skin like iron <C>Your breath as hard as <G>kerosene <F>Weren't your mama's only boy But her <C>favorite one it <F>seems She <Am>began to cry when you <F>said <C>good <G>bye And <F>sank into your <Am>dreams <G><C>Pancho was a bandit boys <G>His horse was fast as polished steel <F>He wore his gun outside his pants <C>For all the honest <G>world to feel <F>Pancho met his match you know on the <C>deserts down in <F>Mexico <Am>Nobody heard his <F>dy<C>ing <G>words <F>but that's the way it <Am>goes --Chorus-- <G><F>All the Federales say <C>They could have had him <F>any day <Am>They only let him <F>hang <C>a <G>round [slip away, go so wrong] Out of <F>kindness I su<Am>ppose <G><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>ended up in <G>Lefty's mouth <F>The day they laid poor Pancho low <C>Lefty split for <F>Ohio <Am>Where he got the <F>bread <C>to <G>go <F>there ain't nobody <Am>knows (chorus) C . F . C . F . Am . F C G . F . Am . G <G><C>Poets tell how Pancho fell <G>Lefty's living in a cheap hotel <F>The desert's quiet and Cleveland's cold, <C>And so the story <G>ends we're told <F>Pancho needs your prayers it's true <C>But save a few for <F>Lefty too <Am>He only did what he <F>had <C>to <G>do <F>and now he's growing <Am>old (chorus x 2) G F . G C.

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