Chords for Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson - Pancho and Lefty (Official Audio)
Tempo:
119 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
A
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C#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[A] [G]
[D]
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[G] [D]
Living on the road, my friend, [A] was gonna keep you free and clean.
your skin like iron, [D] and your breath as hard [A] as kerosene.
[G] Weren't your mama's [D] only boy, but her [C#] favorite one [G] at sea.
began to cry when you [A] said goodbye,
[D]
[D]
[G] [D]
Living on the road, my friend, [A] was gonna keep you free and clean.
your skin like iron, [D] and your breath as hard [A] as kerosene.
[G] Weren't your mama's [D] only boy, but her [C#] favorite one [G] at sea.
began to cry when you [A] said goodbye,
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Living on the road, my friend, [A] was gonna keep you free and clean.
_ [G] Now you wear your skin like iron, [D] and your breath as hard [A] as kerosene.
_ [G] Weren't your mama's [D] only boy, but her [C#] favorite one [G] at sea.
_ _ _ She began to cry when you [A] said _ goodbye, _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ sank [Bm] into your dream.
_ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ Poncho was a bandit boy, [A] his horse was fast as polished steel.
_ [G] He wore his gun outside his pants, [D] for all the honest [A] world to feel.
[G] _ Poncho met his match, you know, on the [D] deserts down in Mexico.
_ [Bm] _
Nobody heard his [F#m] dying [A]
words, _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] but that's the [Bm] way it goes.
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[G] _ All the _ _ federalists say, [D] they could have had [G] him any day.
[Bm] They only let [G] him slip [A] away, _ _ _ _ _ [G] out of kind-sized [Bm] support. _ _
_ _ _ _ [C#] _ [D] _
Lifty, he can't sing the blues, [A] all night long like he used to.
[G] _ But Dusty Poncho bit down sound, [D] he ended up [A] and left his mound. _
[G] Today they laid poor Poncho low, _ [D] left his split for [G] Ohio.
_ _ [Bm] Where he got the [F#m] bread to go, [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G]
there ain't nobody [Bm] know. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G]
All the _ federalists [D] say, they could have had [G] him any day.
[Bm] We only let [G] him slip [A] away, [B] _ _
_ _ out [G] of kind [Bm]-sized support. _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _
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[Bm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
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_ [G] _ _ _ [Em] _ [Bm] _
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[C#m] _ [D] The poets tell how Poncho fell, [A] _ and left his living in a cheap hotel.
[G] _
The desert's quiet, and Cleveland's cold, [D] and so the story [A] ends we're told.
[G] _ Poncho needs your prayers and truth, [D] to save a few who left it too.
[Bm]
He only did what he [A] had to do, _ _ _ _
[G] _ and left his [Bm] broken home.
_ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ All the federalists _ say, [D] they could have had him [G] any day.
_ [Bm] We only let him go [A] so long, _ _ _ _ [G] out of kind-sized [Bm] support. _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ [G]
A few great _ federalists say, [D] they could have had [G] him any day.
[Bm] We only let him [G] go so [A] _ long, _ _ _ [G] out of kind-sized [Bm] support. _ _ _
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_ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _
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Living on the road, my friend, [A] was gonna keep you free and clean.
_ [G] Now you wear your skin like iron, [D] and your breath as hard [A] as kerosene.
_ [G] Weren't your mama's [D] only boy, but her [C#] favorite one [G] at sea.
_ _ _ She began to cry when you [A] said _ goodbye, _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ sank [Bm] into your dream.
_ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ Poncho was a bandit boy, [A] his horse was fast as polished steel.
_ [G] He wore his gun outside his pants, [D] for all the honest [A] world to feel.
[G] _ Poncho met his match, you know, on the [D] deserts down in Mexico.
_ [Bm] _
Nobody heard his [F#m] dying [A]
words, _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] but that's the [Bm] way it goes.
_ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ All the _ _ federalists say, [D] they could have had [G] him any day.
[Bm] They only let [G] him slip [A] away, _ _ _ _ _ [G] out of kind-sized [Bm] support. _ _
_ _ _ _ [C#] _ [D] _
Lifty, he can't sing the blues, [A] all night long like he used to.
[G] _ But Dusty Poncho bit down sound, [D] he ended up [A] and left his mound. _
[G] Today they laid poor Poncho low, _ [D] left his split for [G] Ohio.
_ _ [Bm] Where he got the [F#m] bread to go, [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G]
there ain't nobody [Bm] know. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G]
All the _ federalists [D] say, they could have had [G] him any day.
[Bm] We only let [G] him slip [A] away, [B] _ _
_ _ out [G] of kind [Bm]-sized support. _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _
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[Bm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Em] _ [Bm] _
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[C#m] _ [D] The poets tell how Poncho fell, [A] _ and left his living in a cheap hotel.
[G] _
The desert's quiet, and Cleveland's cold, [D] and so the story [A] ends we're told.
[G] _ Poncho needs your prayers and truth, [D] to save a few who left it too.
[Bm]
He only did what he [A] had to do, _ _ _ _
[G] _ and left his [Bm] broken home.
_ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ All the federalists _ say, [D] they could have had him [G] any day.
_ [Bm] We only let him go [A] so long, _ _ _ _ [G] out of kind-sized [Bm] support. _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ [G]
A few great _ federalists say, [D] they could have had [G] him any day.
[Bm] We only let him [G] go so [A] _ long, _ _ _ [G] out of kind-sized [Bm] support. _ _ _
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