C _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ Living on the rough grind
G is 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 the only boy,
C but her favorite one
F it seemed.
She
Am began to cry when
C you said
G goodbye _ and _ _
F _ sank into
Am your _ dreams _ _ _ .
G _
C _ _ Pancho was a bandit
G boss, his horse was fast as polished
F steel.
He wore his gun outside
Dm his
C pants, we're all the _
G honest world to feel.
F _ _ Pancho met _ _
Dm.
C a woman in the _ deserts
F down in
Dm Mexico.
Am And nobody heard his
F _
G dying words, _ _ _
F how fast the
Am wave _ rose.
_ _
C _ .
_
F _ All of that _ _ _ .
C _ could cut her
F head in many days,
Am _ only
F let her
C G slip away.
_ _ _ _
F Out of kindness
Am I suppose _ _ _ .
_
Em _
C _ Lefty can't sing the blues
G _ all night long like he used _
F to.
But does that Pancho bit down
C style, a bit of bit
G left his
F mouth.
They lay in poor Pancho
C low, left his
F split for Ohio.
Am.
And where he
F got the
Em G bread to go.
There _ _ _
F ain't nobody,
Am _ _ _ _ _ _
C _ .
F _ all of that _ _ _ .
C _ could have
F had him any day.
Am We only let
F him
C slip
G away.
_ Out _ _
F of kindness
Am I _ suppose.
The _ _ .
Em _
F _ _ _ _
C _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _
F _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _
C _ _ _ _ .
F _ _ _ _
Am _ _ _
F _ .
C _ _
G _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_
F _ _ _ _
Am _ _ _ .
_ _ _
G _ _
C _ poets tell how Pancho
G fell, left his living in a cheap hotel.
_
F _ Desert's quiet and Cleveland's cold,
C and so the
G story ends with a
F toll.
_ Pancho needs your prayers, it's
C true, but save a few
F for Lefty too.
Am He only did what he
G had to do, _ _ _
F and now he's
Am going _ home.
_ _ _
C _
F All of that _ .
_ _ _
C _ could have
F had him any day,
Am we only
F let him
C slip
G _ away _ _ _ .
F Out of kindness
Am I _ suppose.
A _ _
F _ few bread but _ _ _
C _ could have
F had him any day,
Am we only
F let
C him
G go so _ long _ _ _ .
F Out of kindness
Am I suppose.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _
C _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .