Pancho & Lefty Chords by Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard
Tempo:
123.8 bpm
Chords used:
G
A
D
Bm
F#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D] [A] [G] [A] [G] [D]
[G] [D] [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 [A] hard as kerosene.
[G] You weren't your mama's only boy, but her favorite one at sea.
She began to cry when you [A] said goodbye,
[G] and sank into [Bm] your dreams.
[C#] [D] Poncho was an offended boy, [A] his horse was fast as polished steel.
[G] He wore his gun outside his pants, [D] for all the [A] honest world would feel.
[G]
Poncho met his match, you know, [D] on the deserts down [G] in Mexico.
[Bm] Nobody [G] heard his dying [F#m] [A] words,
[G] but that's the way [B] it goes.
[A]
[G] All the Federalists say [D] they could have had [G] him any day, [Bm] but he 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 dusty Poncho bit down south, [D] he ended up [A] and left his mound.
[G] The day they laid Poncho low, [D] lefty split [G] for Ohio, [Bm] where [G] he got bread [F#m] to [A] go.
[G] There ain't nobody [Bm] to know.
[G] All the Federalists say [D] they could have had [G] him any day, [Bm] but 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] so the story [A] ends we're told.
[G] Poncho need your prayers and truth, [D] to save a few [G] who left it too.
[Bm] He only [G] did what he [Bm] had [A] to do,
[G] and now he's [Bm] grown old.
[A] [G]
All the Federalists say [D]
we could have had [G] him any day, [Bm]
but we only let [G] him go [F#m] so [A] long.
[G] Out of kindness I [Bm] suppose.
[A] [G] A few great Federalists say [D] we could have had [G] him any day, [Bm] but we only let [G] him [D] go so [A] long.
[G] Out of kindness I [Bm] suppose.
[G]
[D]
[G] [D] [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 [A] hard as kerosene.
[G] You weren't your mama's only boy, but her favorite one at sea.
She began to cry when you [A] said goodbye,
[G] and sank into [Bm] your dreams.
[C#] [D] Poncho was an offended boy, [A] his horse was fast as polished steel.
[G] He wore his gun outside his pants, [D] for all the [A] honest world would feel.
[G]
Poncho met his match, you know, [D] on the deserts down [G] in Mexico.
[Bm] Nobody [G] heard his dying [F#m] [A] words,
[G] but that's the way [B] it goes.
[A]
[G] All the Federalists say [D] they could have had [G] him any day, [Bm] but he 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 dusty Poncho bit down south, [D] he ended up [A] and left his mound.
[G] The day they laid Poncho low, [D] lefty split [G] for Ohio, [Bm] where [G] he got bread [F#m] to [A] go.
[G] There ain't nobody [Bm] to know.
[G] All the Federalists say [D] they could have had [G] him any day, [Bm] but 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] so the story [A] ends we're told.
[G] Poncho need your prayers and truth, [D] to save a few [G] who left it too.
[Bm] He only [G] did what he [Bm] had [A] to do,
[G] and now he's [Bm] grown old.
[A] [G]
All the Federalists say [D]
we could have had [G] him any day, [Bm]
but we only let [G] him go [F#m] so [A] long.
[G] Out of kindness I [Bm] suppose.
[A] [G] A few great Federalists say [D] we could have had [G] him any day, [Bm] but we only let [G] him [D] go so [A] long.
[G] Out of kindness I [Bm] suppose.
[G]
[D]
Key:
G
A
D
Bm
F#m
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_ _ [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 [A] hard as kerosene.
_ [G] You weren't your mama's only boy, but her favorite one at sea. _
She _ began to cry when you [A] said _ goodbye, _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ and sank into [Bm] your dreams.
_ _ _ _ [C#] _ [D] _ Poncho was an offended boy, _ [A] his horse was fast as polished steel.
[G] He wore his gun outside his pants, [D] for all the [A] honest world would feel.
[G] _ _
Poncho met his match, you know, [D] on the deserts down [G] in Mexico.
_ _ [Bm] Nobody [G] heard his dying [F#m] [A] words, _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] but that's the way [B] it goes.
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _
[G] _ All the _ Federalists say [D] they could have had [G] him any day, [Bm] but he 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 dusty Poncho bit down south, [D] _ he ended up [A] and left his mound.
[G] The day they laid _ Poncho low, _ [D] lefty split [G] for Ohio, _ [Bm] _ where [G] he got bread [F#m] to [A] go. _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] There ain't nobody [Bm] to know. _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ All the _ _ Federalists say [D] they could have had [G] him any day, [Bm] but 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] so the story [A] ends we're told.
[G] _ Poncho need your prayers and truth, [D] to save a few [G] who left it too.
_ [Bm] He only [G] did what he [Bm] had [A] to _ do, _
_ _ _ [G] and now he's [Bm] grown old.
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [G] _
All the Federalists say [D]
we could have had [G] him any day, [Bm]
but we only let [G] him go [F#m] so [A] _ long.
_ _ _ _ [G] Out of kindness I [Bm] suppose. _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ [G] A few great _ Federalists say [D] we could have had [G] him any _ day, [Bm] but we only let [G] him [D] go so [A] long.
_ _ _ _ [G] Out of kindness I [Bm] suppose. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ [G] _ [D] _ [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 [A] hard as kerosene.
_ [G] You weren't your mama's only boy, but her favorite one at sea. _
She _ began to cry when you [A] said _ goodbye, _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ and sank into [Bm] your dreams.
_ _ _ _ [C#] _ [D] _ Poncho was an offended boy, _ [A] his horse was fast as polished steel.
[G] He wore his gun outside his pants, [D] for all the [A] honest world would feel.
[G] _ _
Poncho met his match, you know, [D] on the deserts down [G] in Mexico.
_ _ [Bm] Nobody [G] heard his dying [F#m] [A] words, _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] but that's the way [B] it goes.
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _
[G] _ All the _ Federalists say [D] they could have had [G] him any day, [Bm] but he 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 dusty Poncho bit down south, [D] _ he ended up [A] and left his mound.
[G] The day they laid _ Poncho low, _ [D] lefty split [G] for Ohio, _ [Bm] _ where [G] he got bread [F#m] to [A] go. _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] There ain't nobody [Bm] to know. _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ All the _ _ Federalists say [D] they could have had [G] him any day, [Bm] but we only let [G] him [F#m] slip [A] away.
[E] _ _ _
[A] _ _ [G] Out of kindness I [Bm] suppose.
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[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] so the story [A] ends we're told.
[G] _ Poncho need your prayers and truth, [D] to save a few [G] who left it too.
_ [Bm] He only [G] did what he [Bm] had [A] to _ do, _
_ _ _ [G] and now he's [Bm] grown old.
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [G] _
All the Federalists say [D]
we could have had [G] him any day, [Bm]
but we only let [G] him go [F#m] so [A] _ long.
_ _ _ _ [G] Out of kindness I [Bm] suppose. _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ [G] A few great _ Federalists say [D] we could have had [G] him any _ day, [Bm] but we only let [G] him [D] go so [A] long.
_ _ _ _ [G] Out of kindness I [Bm] suppose. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
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