Pancho And Lefty

emmylou harris - pancho and lefty ( Verse 1 ) C gue living on the road my friend , is gonna keep you free and clean , sa F oi now you wear your skin like iron , C G your breath as hard as kerosene , F oi C F you weren’t your mama’s only boy , but her favorite one it seems , C F C G she began to cry when you said goodbye , F Am G - C and sank into your dreams , ( Verse 2 ) C G pancho was a bandit boys , his horse was fast as polished steel , F he wore his gun outside his pants , C G for all the honest world to feel , F oi C F pancho met his match you know on the deserts down in mexico , C F C G F Am G - F nobody heard his dying words , ah but that’s the way it goes , ( Chorus ) F oi C F all the federales say they could have had him any day , C F C G F Am - G - F they only let him slip away out of kindness , i suppose , ( Verse 3 ) C G lefty , he can’t sing the blues all night long like he used to , F oi C G the dust that pancho bit down south ended up in lefty’s mouth , F oi C F the day they laid poor pancho low , lefty split for ohio , C F C G F Am - G - F where he got the bread to go , there ain’t nobody knows , ( Chorus ) F oi C F all the federales say they could have had him any day , C F C G F Am G - C they only let him slip away out of kindness , i suppose , ( Verse 4 ) C G poets tell how pancho fell , and lefty’s living in a cheap hotel , F the desert’s quiet and cleveland’s cold , C G and so the story ends we’re told , F oi C F pancho needs your prayers it’s true , but save a few for lefty too , C F C G F Am - G - F he only did what he had to do , and now he’s growing old , Chorus ) F oi C F all the federales say they could have had him any day , C F C G F Am - F - G they only let him slip away out of kindness , i suppose , F oi C F a few gray federales say they could have had him any day , C F C G F Am they only let him go so long , out of of kindness , i suppose ,