Chords for Pancho and Lefty
Tempo:
118 bpm
Chords used:
G
A
D
Bm
F#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D] [G] [A] [G] [A] [D]
[G] [D] [A] [D]
[A] [G] [A] [G] [D]
[G] [D]
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] You weren't your mama's only [D] boy, [G] but her favorite one it seemed.
She began to cry when you said [A] goodbye,
[G] and sank into your [Bm] dream.
[C#] [D]
Poncho was a bandit boy, [A]
his horse was fast as polished steel.
[G]
He wore his gun outside his pants, [D]
for only on [A] its world field.
[G]
Poncho met his match, you know, [D] on the deserts down [G] in Mexico.
[Bm] Nobody [G] heard his dying [F#m] [A] word,
[G] but that's the way [Bm] it goes.
[A] [G]
All the Federalists say, [D]
they could have had [G] him any day.
[Bm] They only let [G] him [F#m] slip [A] away, [G] out of kindness I [Bm] suppose.
[D]
Lefty, he can't sing the blues, [A]
all night long like he used to.
[G]
But does the 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 [G] bread [F#m] to [A] go, [G] there ain't nobody [Bm] to know.
[G]
All the Federalists [Em] [D] say, they could have had [G] him any day.
[Bm] We only let [G] him [F#m] slip [A] away, [E]
[A] [G] out of kindness I [Bm]
suppose.
[G]
[D]
[G]
[D] [G]
[Bm] [G] [A]
[G]
[Bm]
[C#m] [D] The poets tell how Poncho fell, [A] and left his living in a cheap hotel.
[G] The desert's quiet, Cleveland's cold, [D] and so the story [A] ends we're told.
[G] Poncho need your prayers and [D] truth, to save a [G] few who left it too.
He only did what he [A] had to do, [G] and now he's [Bm] growing old.
[A] [G] All the Federalists say, [D] they could have had [G] him any day.
[Bm] We only let [G] him [F#m] go [A] so long, [G] out of kindness [E] I suppose.
[Bm]
[A] [G] A few great Federalists [D] say, they could have had [G] him any day.
[Bm] We only [G] let him go [D] so [A]
long, [G] out of kindness I [Bm] suppose.
[G] [D]
[N]
[G] [D] [A] [D]
[A] [G] [A] [G] [D]
[G] [D]
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] You weren't your mama's only [D] boy, [G] but her favorite one it seemed.
She began to cry when you said [A] goodbye,
[G] and sank into your [Bm] dream.
[C#] [D]
Poncho was a bandit boy, [A]
his horse was fast as polished steel.
[G]
He wore his gun outside his pants, [D]
for only on [A] its world field.
[G]
Poncho met his match, you know, [D] on the deserts down [G] in Mexico.
[Bm] Nobody [G] heard his dying [F#m] [A] word,
[G] but that's the way [Bm] it goes.
[A] [G]
All the Federalists say, [D]
they could have had [G] him any day.
[Bm] They only let [G] him [F#m] slip [A] away, [G] out of kindness I [Bm] suppose.
[D]
Lefty, he can't sing the blues, [A]
all night long like he used to.
[G]
But does the 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 [G] bread [F#m] to [A] go, [G] there ain't nobody [Bm] to know.
[G]
All the Federalists [Em] [D] say, they could have had [G] him any day.
[Bm] We only let [G] him [F#m] slip [A] away, [E]
[A] [G] out of kindness I [Bm]
suppose.
[G]
[D]
[G]
[D] [G]
[Bm] [G] [A]
[G]
[Bm]
[C#m] [D] The poets tell how Poncho fell, [A] and left his living in a cheap hotel.
[G] The desert's quiet, Cleveland's cold, [D] and so the story [A] ends we're told.
[G] Poncho need your prayers and [D] truth, to save a [G] few who left it too.
He only did what he [A] had to do, [G] and now he's [Bm] growing old.
[A] [G] All the Federalists say, [D] they could have had [G] him any day.
[Bm] We only let [G] him [F#m] go [A] so long, [G] out of kindness [E] I suppose.
[Bm]
[A] [G] A few great Federalists [D] say, they could have had [G] him any day.
[Bm] We only [G] let him go [D] so [A]
long, [G] out of kindness I [Bm] suppose.
[G] [D]
[N]
Key:
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A
D
Bm
F#m
G
A
D
[D] _ _ [G] _ [A] _ [G] _ [A] _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ [D] _ [A] _ [D] _ _
_ [A] _ [G] _ [A] _ [G] _ [D] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
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] You weren't your mama's only [D] boy, [G] but her favorite one it seemed.
She _ began to cry when you said [A] _ goodbye, _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ and sank into your [Bm] dream.
_ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ [D] _
Poncho was a bandit boy, [A]
his horse was fast as polished steel.
_ [G]
He wore his gun outside his pants, [D] _
for only on [A] its world field.
[G] _
Poncho met his match, you know, [D] on the deserts down [G] in Mexico.
_ [Bm] Nobody [G] heard his dying [F#m] [A] word, _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] but that's the way [Bm] it goes.
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [G] _
All the _ Federalists say, [D] _
they could have had [G] him any day.
[Bm] They only let [G] him [F#m] slip [A] away, _ _ _ _ _ [G] out of kindness I [Bm] suppose.
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _
Lefty, he can't sing the blues, [A]
all night long like he used to.
_ [G]
But does the 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 [G] bread [F#m] to [A] go, _ _ _ _ _ [G] there ain't nobody [Bm] to know.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G]
All the _ Federalists [Em] [D] say, they could have had [G] him any day.
[Bm] We only let [G] him [F#m] slip [A] away, [E] _ _
[A] _ _ [G] out of kindness I [Bm]
suppose.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#m] _ _ [D] The poets tell how Poncho fell, [A] and left his living in a cheap hotel.
_ [G] The desert's quiet, Cleveland's cold, [D] and so the story [A] ends we're told.
[G] _ Poncho need your prayers and [D] truth, to save a [G] few who left it too.
He only did what he [A] had to do, _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] and now he's [Bm] growing old. _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ [G] _ All the _ _ Federalists say, [D] they could have had [G] him any day.
[Bm] _ We only let [G] him [F#m] go [A] so long, _ _ _ _ [G] out of kindness [E] I suppose.
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ [G] A few great _ Federalists [D] say, they could have had [G] him any day.
[Bm] We only [G] let him go [D] so [A] _
long, _ _ _ [G] out of kindness I [Bm] suppose. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ [D] _ [A] _ [D] _ _
_ [A] _ [G] _ [A] _ [G] _ [D] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
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] You weren't your mama's only [D] boy, [G] but her favorite one it seemed.
She _ began to cry when you said [A] _ goodbye, _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ and sank into your [Bm] dream.
_ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ [D] _
Poncho was a bandit boy, [A]
his horse was fast as polished steel.
_ [G]
He wore his gun outside his pants, [D] _
for only on [A] its world field.
[G] _
Poncho met his match, you know, [D] on the deserts down [G] in Mexico.
_ [Bm] Nobody [G] heard his dying [F#m] [A] word, _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] but that's the way [Bm] it goes.
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [G] _
All the _ Federalists say, [D] _
they could have had [G] him any day.
[Bm] They only let [G] him [F#m] slip [A] away, _ _ _ _ _ [G] out of kindness I [Bm] suppose.
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _
Lefty, he can't sing the blues, [A]
all night long like he used to.
_ [G]
But does the 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 [G] bread [F#m] to [A] go, _ _ _ _ _ [G] there ain't nobody [Bm] to know.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G]
All the _ Federalists [Em] [D] say, they could have had [G] him any day.
[Bm] We only let [G] him [F#m] slip [A] away, [E] _ _
[A] _ _ [G] out of kindness I [Bm]
suppose.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#m] _ _ [D] The poets tell how Poncho fell, [A] and left his living in a cheap hotel.
_ [G] The desert's quiet, Cleveland's cold, [D] and so the story [A] ends we're told.
[G] _ Poncho need your prayers and [D] truth, to save a [G] few who left it too.
He only did what he [A] had to do, _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] and now he's [Bm] growing old. _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ [G] _ All the _ _ Federalists say, [D] they could have had [G] him any day.
[Bm] _ We only let [G] him [F#m] go [A] so long, _ _ _ _ [G] out of kindness [E] I suppose.
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ [G] A few great _ Federalists [D] say, they could have had [G] him any day.
[Bm] We only [G] let him go [D] so [A] _
long, _ _ _ [G] out of kindness I [Bm] suppose. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _