Instructor: Jacob Sweet Pancho and Lefty - Townes Van Zandt, as sung by Jason Isbell (2013) Famous keys: TVZ: D, Will & Hag: D, Emmylou: C, Isbell: F 4/4) 1 | | 5sus7 | 57 | 4 | | 1 | 57 | | 4 | | 1 | 4 | 6/4) 6m |4/4) 5sus7 | A7 | | 4 | 6m | / / /5 / || || 1 | | 5sus7 | | 4 | Livin' on the road, my friend Was gonna keep us free and clean But now you wear your | | 1 | 57 | 4 | skin like iron And your breath's as hard as kerosene You weren't your mama's | | 1 | 4 |6/4) 6m | only boy But her favorite one, it seems She be - gan to cry When you said good |4/4) 5sus7 | 57 | 4 | 6m | / / /5 / || bye And sank into your dreams || 1 | | 5sus7 | | 4 | Pancho was a bandit, boy Rode a horse fast as polished steel Wore his guns out- | | 1 | 57 | 4 | side his pants For all the honest world to feel Pancho met his | | 1 | 4 |6/4) 6m | match, you know On a desert down in Mexico and No one heard his dyin' |4/4) 5sus7 | 57 | 4 | 6m | / / /5 / || Words But that's the way it goes || 4 | | 1 | 4 |6/4) 6m | And all the federales say They could have had him any day They only let him slip a- |4/4) 5sus7 | 57 | 4 | 6m | / / /5 / || Way Out of kindness, I suppose || 1 | | 5sus7 | | 4 | Now Lefty he can't sing the blues All night long like he used to The dust that Pancho | | 1 | 57 | 4 | bit down South It ended up in Lefty's mouth The day they laid old | | 1 | 4 |6/4) 6m | Pancho low Lefty split for O - hi - o Where he got the bread to |4/4) 5sus7 | 57 | 4 | 6m | / / /5 / || go there ain't nobody 'knows || 4 | | 1 | 4 |6/4) 6m | And all the federales say They could have had him any day They only let him go so |4/4) 5sus7 | 57 | 4 | 6m | / / /5 / || long Out of kindness, I suppose Instructor: Jacob Sweet Solo: || 1 | | 5sus7 | 57 | 4 | | 1 | 57 | | 4 | | 1 | 4 | 6/4) 6m |4/4) 5sus7 | A7 | | 4 | 6m | / / /5 / || || 1 | | 5sus7 | | 4 | poets tell how Pancho fell Lefty's livin' in a cheap hotel The desert's quiet | | 1 | 57 | 4 | Cleveland's cold And so the story ends, we're told Pancho needs your | | 1 | 4 |6/4) 6m | prayers, it's true save a few for Lefty, too He only did what he had to |4/4) 5sus7 | 57 | 4 | 6m | / / /5 / || Do And now he's gettin’ old || 4 | | 1 | 4 |6/4) 6m | And all the federales say They could have had him any day They only let him slip a- |4/4) 5sus7 | 57 | 4 | 6m | / / /5 / || Way Out of kindness, I suppose || 4 | | 1 | 4 |6/4) 6m | a few gray federales say They could have had him any day They only let him go so |4/4) 5sus7 | 57 | 4 | 6m | / / /5 / | 1(end) long Out of kindness, I suppose .