Chords for Poncho And Lefty
Tempo:
156 bpm
Chords used:
F
C
Dm
Am
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[F]
[G] [C]
Living on the road, my friend, [G] gonna make you free [A] and clean.
Now you wear your skin like iron, [C] your breath's as [Em] hot as carol sing.
your mama's only boy, but her [C] favorite one [F] it seems.
cry when you [Dm] said goodbye, [F] and you sank into [Am] your dreams.
Poncho was a bandit [A] bold, [G] his horses fast as polished steel.
Wore his gun outside his float, [C] for all [G] the honest the world to feel.
[G] [C]
Living on the road, my friend, [G] gonna make you free [A] and clean.
Now you wear your skin like iron, [C] your breath's as [Em] hot as carol sing.
your mama's only boy, but her [C] favorite one [F] it seems.
cry when you [Dm] said goodbye, [F] and you sank into [Am] your dreams.
Poncho was a bandit [A] bold, [G] his horses fast as polished steel.
Wore his gun outside his float, [C] for all [G] the honest the world to feel.
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Living on the road, my friend, [G] gonna make you free [A] and clean.
[F]
Now you wear your skin like iron, [C] your breath's as [Em] hot as carol sing.
[F] Weren't your _ mama's only boy, but her [C] favorite one [F] it seems.
She [C] began to cry when you [Dm] said goodbye, _ _ _ _ [F] and you sank into [Am] your _ dreams.
_ _ _ _ [C] _
Poncho was a bandit [A] bold, [G] his horses fast as polished steel.
[F] _
Wore his gun outside his float, [C] for all [G] the honest the world to feel.
[F] _
Poncho met his match, you know, [C] on a desert [F] down in Mexico.
_ [C] No one heard [Dm] his dying words, _ _
_ _ [F] but that's the way [Am] it _ goes.
[Dm] And [Em] _ _ [F] _
all the _ federales say, [C]
we could have [F] had him any [C] day.
They only let him [Dm] slip away, _ _ _ _ _ [F] out of kindness I [Am] _ suppose.
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[C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _
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[C] _ Lefty, he can't sing the [G] blues all night long like he used to do.
[F] The dustpit Poncho bit down [C] sound, ended up [G] in Lefty's mouth.
[F] The day they let poor Poncho [C] low, Lefty split [F] for Ohio.
[C] _ _
Where he got the [Dm] bread to go, _
_ _ _ _ [F] well there ain't nobody _ [Am] _ knows. _ _ _ _
[C] Oh, it's tell how Poncho fell [G] and Lefty's living in a cheap hotel.
[Dm]
[F] The desert's quiet and Cleveland's cold, [C] so the [G] story ends I'm [F] told.
Poncho needs your prayers, it's [C] true, but save a few for [F] Lefty too.
[C]
He only did [Am] what he had to [Dm] _ do, _ _ _ _ [F] _ now he's [Am] grown old. _ _ _ _
[F] And a few great _ _ federales [C] say, could have [F] had him any day.
[C] They only let him slip [Dm] away, _ _ _ _ _ [F] out of kindness [Am] I suppose. _ _ _ _ _
[F] Said a few great _ _ federales [C] say, could have [F] had him any day.
[C] They only let him go [Dm] so long, _ _ _ [F] out of kindness I [Am] suppose. _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Living on the road, my friend, [G] gonna make you free [A] and clean.
[F]
Now you wear your skin like iron, [C] your breath's as [Em] hot as carol sing.
[F] Weren't your _ mama's only boy, but her [C] favorite one [F] it seems.
She [C] began to cry when you [Dm] said goodbye, _ _ _ _ [F] and you sank into [Am] your _ dreams.
_ _ _ _ [C] _
Poncho was a bandit [A] bold, [G] his horses fast as polished steel.
[F] _
Wore his gun outside his float, [C] for all [G] the honest the world to feel.
[F] _
Poncho met his match, you know, [C] on a desert [F] down in Mexico.
_ [C] No one heard [Dm] his dying words, _ _
_ _ [F] but that's the way [Am] it _ goes.
[Dm] And [Em] _ _ [F] _
all the _ federales say, [C]
we could have [F] had him any [C] day.
They only let him [Dm] slip away, _ _ _ _ _ [F] out of kindness I [Am] _ suppose.
_ _ _ _ [F] _
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[C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _
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_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ Lefty, he can't sing the [G] blues all night long like he used to do.
[F] The dustpit Poncho bit down [C] sound, ended up [G] in Lefty's mouth.
[F] The day they let poor Poncho [C] low, Lefty split [F] for Ohio.
[C] _ _
Where he got the [Dm] bread to go, _
_ _ _ _ [F] well there ain't nobody _ [Am] _ knows. _ _ _ _
[C] Oh, it's tell how Poncho fell [G] and Lefty's living in a cheap hotel.
[Dm]
[F] The desert's quiet and Cleveland's cold, [C] so the [G] story ends I'm [F] told.
Poncho needs your prayers, it's [C] true, but save a few for [F] Lefty too.
[C]
He only did [Am] what he had to [Dm] _ do, _ _ _ _ [F] _ now he's [Am] grown old. _ _ _ _
[F] And a few great _ _ federales [C] say, could have [F] had him any day.
[C] They only let him slip [Dm] away, _ _ _ _ _ [F] out of kindness [Am] I suppose. _ _ _ _ _
[F] Said a few great _ _ federales [C] say, could have [F] had him any day.
[C] They only let him go [Dm] so long, _ _ _ [F] out of kindness I [Am] suppose. _ _ _ _
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