Chords for Gillian Welch and David Rawlings - Pancho and Lefty (09-27-1997)

[Ab] _ I love you. _ _ _ _ _
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♪ _ _ [Bbm] _ [Db] _ _ [Cm] Living _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
on the road my [Eb] friend
♪ Was supposed to keep you free and clean
♪ [Db] Now you wear your skin like [Ab] iron
♪ Your breath is hard [Eb] as kerosene
♪ _ [Db] Weren't your mama's only [Fm] boy
♪ But her favorite one [Db] it seemed
♪ [Fm] She began to cry when you [Bb]
[Eb] said goodbye
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[Db] You sank [Fm] into the rain
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_ _ [Cm] _ [Ab] _ _ Pancho was a bandit [Eb] boy
♪ His horse was fast polished [Db] steel
♪ Horse gun outside [Ab] his pants
♪ Brought the [Eb] honest world to me
[Db] ♪ Pancho _ mismatched you [Ab] know
♪ On a desert [F] isle [Db] in Mexico
[Fm] ♪ No one heard his [Eb] dying word
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That's the [Fm] way it goes _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ [Db] ♪ On a faded rally seat
[Ab] ♪ He could have [Db] had him any [Fm] day
♪ Or let him [Bbm] [Ab] slip [Eb] away
_ ♪ _ [Ab] _ [Cm] [Db] Out of kindness [C] I swear
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_ [Db] _ _ _ ♪ _ _
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_ [Ab] _ Except that he can't sing the blues [Eb] all night long
♪ Like he used to
[Db] ♪ The dusted poncho bit down [Ab] south
♪ Ended up [Eb] in a lefty's [Fm] mouth
[Db] ♪ There they laid poor [Eb] Pancho low
[Ab] ♪ Left his split [Bbm] for [Db] Ohio
[Fm] ♪ Where he got the bread [Eb] to go
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_ [Cm] _ [Db] On a faded rally _ [Ab] seat
♪ He could [Cm] have [Bbm] had him any [Db]
day
♪ [Fm] Or let [Bbm] him [Fm] slip [Eb]
away
_ ♪ _ _ [Db] Out of kindness [Fm] I swear
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_ _ [Ab] _ Oh it's [Bb] [Ab] 10 at Pancho fair
[Eb] ♪ Lefty's [Ebm] living in a [Ab] cheap [Eb] hotel
[Db] ♪ The desert's quiet and Cleveland's cold
[Ab] ♪ So the story [Eb] ends we're [Cm] told
[Db] ♪ Pancho needs your prayers [Bbm] it's [Ab] true
♪ Safe for you for [Db] lefty too
[Fm] ♪ He only did what he [Eb] had to do
♪ _ _ _ [Db] The heart of the valley's [Fm] growing old
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_ _ _ [Db] On a faded rally seat
[Ab] ♪ He could have had [Db] him any day
[Fm] ♪ Or let [Bbm] him [Ab]
slip [Eb] away
♪ _ _ _ [Db] Out of kindness [Fm] I swear _ _ _
_ _ _ [Db] ♪ He's a great fader I may say
[Ab] ♪ He could have [Db] had him any day
♪ [Ab] Or [Fm] _ let him [Eb] go so wrong
♪ _ _ _ [Ab] Out [Db] of kindness [Fm] I _ _
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_ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ [Cm] [Fm] swear
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