Chords for Poncho And Lefty - Steve Earle - Townes
Tempo:
60.6 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
Am
D
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Am] [C]
Living on the road my friend, [G] is gonna keep you free and [D] clean.
Now you [C] wear your skin like iron and your breath is as hard as [D] kerosene.
Watching momma's only boy, [C] but her favorite [D] one it seems.
[Am] She began to cry when you said [G] goodbye.
[F]
Back into your day.
[Am] [C] Pancho's a bandit [G] boy, his horse as fast as polished [C] steel.
Always gone outside his pants, for all [G] down this world to feel.
[D] Pancho's a man that you'd [C] know, in the [D] deserts down in Mexico.
[Am] Nobody [E] heard [G] his dying words, [C] that's the way it [Am] goes.
[D] All the feds really say, [C]
could've hit him any day.
[E] Only let him hang [G] around, [C] for all the kindness I spoke.
[Am] [C]
Let the king sing the [G] blues, all night long like he used to.
[D] The dust Pancho bit down [C] south, and bit [G] up and left his mouth.
[F] Dele Pupon Cholo, [C] let this [D] spit grow high oh.
[E] Where he got the [G] bread to go, [F] oh there ain't nobody [Am] know.
[F] All the feds really [C] say, could've [F] hit him any [Am] day.
They only let him [G] slip away, [C] for all the kindness [Am] I spoke.
[C] Poets tell of Pancho Vail, [G] left her living in a cheap hotel.
[F] Desert's quiet and Cleveland's [C] cold, so the story [G] ends we're told.
[F] Pancho needs your prayers, it's true, [C] but save a few for lefty do.
[A] He only did what he had [G] to do, [D] and he's [Am] growing old.
[C]
[F] All the [D] feds really say, [C] could've [F] hit him any day.
[Am] They only let him go [G] so long, for all [C] the kindness [Am] I spoke.
The [G] great feds really [C] say, [C] could've hit him any [A] day.
They only let him [G] hang around, [D] for all the kindness [A] I spoke.
[N]
Living on the road my friend, [G] is gonna keep you free and [D] clean.
Now you [C] wear your skin like iron and your breath is as hard as [D] kerosene.
Watching momma's only boy, [C] but her favorite [D] one it seems.
[Am] She began to cry when you said [G] goodbye.
[F]
Back into your day.
[Am] [C] Pancho's a bandit [G] boy, his horse as fast as polished [C] steel.
Always gone outside his pants, for all [G] down this world to feel.
[D] Pancho's a man that you'd [C] know, in the [D] deserts down in Mexico.
[Am] Nobody [E] heard [G] his dying words, [C] that's the way it [Am] goes.
[D] All the feds really say, [C]
could've hit him any day.
[E] Only let him hang [G] around, [C] for all the kindness I spoke.
[Am] [C]
Let the king sing the [G] blues, all night long like he used to.
[D] The dust Pancho bit down [C] south, and bit [G] up and left his mouth.
[F] Dele Pupon Cholo, [C] let this [D] spit grow high oh.
[E] Where he got the [G] bread to go, [F] oh there ain't nobody [Am] know.
[F] All the feds really [C] say, could've [F] hit him any [Am] day.
They only let him [G] slip away, [C] for all the kindness [Am] I spoke.
[C] Poets tell of Pancho Vail, [G] left her living in a cheap hotel.
[F] Desert's quiet and Cleveland's [C] cold, so the story [G] ends we're told.
[F] Pancho needs your prayers, it's true, [C] but save a few for lefty do.
[A] He only did what he had [G] to do, [D] and he's [Am] growing old.
[C]
[F] All the [D] feds really say, [C] could've [F] hit him any day.
[Am] They only let him go [G] so long, for all [C] the kindness [Am] I spoke.
The [G] great feds really [C] say, [C] could've hit him any [A] day.
They only let him [G] hang around, [D] for all the kindness [A] I spoke.
[N]
Key:
C
G
Am
D
F
C
G
Am
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [C] _
Living on the road my friend, [G] is gonna keep you free and [D] clean.
Now you [C] wear your skin like iron and your breath is as hard as [D] kerosene.
Watching momma's only boy, [C] but her favorite [D] one it seems.
[Am] She began to cry when you said [G] goodbye.
_ _ _ [F]
Back into your day.
[Am] _ _ [C] _ Pancho's a bandit [G] boy, his horse as fast as polished [C] steel.
Always gone outside his pants, for all [G] down this world to feel.
[D] Pancho's a man that you'd [C] know, in the [D] deserts down in Mexico.
[Am] Nobody [E] heard [G] his dying words, _ [C] that's the way it [Am] goes.
_ [D] All the feds really say, [C]
could've hit him any day.
[E] Only let him hang [G] around, [C] for all the kindness I spoke.
[Am] _ _ [C] _
Let the king sing the [G] blues, all night long like he used to.
[D] The dust Pancho bit down [C] south, and bit [G] up and left his mouth.
[F] Dele Pupon Cholo, [C] let this [D] spit grow high oh.
[E] Where he got the [G] bread to go, [F] oh there ain't nobody [Am] know.
_ _ [F] All the feds really [C] say, could've [F] hit him any [Am] day.
They only let him [G] slip away, _ [C] for all the kindness [Am] I spoke.
_ _ [C] _ Poets tell of Pancho Vail, [G] left her living in a cheap hotel.
[F] Desert's quiet and Cleveland's [C] cold, so the story [G] ends we're told.
[F] Pancho needs your prayers, it's true, [C] but save a few for lefty do.
[A] He only did what he had [G] to do, _ [D] and he's [Am] growing old.
_ [C] _
[F] All the [D] feds really say, [C] could've [F] hit him any day.
[Am] They only let him go [G] so long, for all [C] the kindness [Am] I spoke.
_ _ The [G] great feds really [C] say, [C] could've hit him any [A] day.
They only let him [G] hang around, _ [D] for all the kindness [A] I spoke. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
Living on the road my friend, [G] is gonna keep you free and [D] clean.
Now you [C] wear your skin like iron and your breath is as hard as [D] kerosene.
Watching momma's only boy, [C] but her favorite [D] one it seems.
[Am] She began to cry when you said [G] goodbye.
_ _ _ [F]
Back into your day.
[Am] _ _ [C] _ Pancho's a bandit [G] boy, his horse as fast as polished [C] steel.
Always gone outside his pants, for all [G] down this world to feel.
[D] Pancho's a man that you'd [C] know, in the [D] deserts down in Mexico.
[Am] Nobody [E] heard [G] his dying words, _ [C] that's the way it [Am] goes.
_ [D] All the feds really say, [C]
could've hit him any day.
[E] Only let him hang [G] around, [C] for all the kindness I spoke.
[Am] _ _ [C] _
Let the king sing the [G] blues, all night long like he used to.
[D] The dust Pancho bit down [C] south, and bit [G] up and left his mouth.
[F] Dele Pupon Cholo, [C] let this [D] spit grow high oh.
[E] Where he got the [G] bread to go, [F] oh there ain't nobody [Am] know.
_ _ [F] All the feds really [C] say, could've [F] hit him any [Am] day.
They only let him [G] slip away, _ [C] for all the kindness [Am] I spoke.
_ _ [C] _ Poets tell of Pancho Vail, [G] left her living in a cheap hotel.
[F] Desert's quiet and Cleveland's [C] cold, so the story [G] ends we're told.
[F] Pancho needs your prayers, it's true, [C] but save a few for lefty do.
[A] He only did what he had [G] to do, _ [D] and he's [Am] growing old.
_ [C] _
[F] All the [D] feds really say, [C] could've [F] hit him any day.
[Am] They only let him go [G] so long, for all [C] the kindness [Am] I spoke.
_ _ The [G] great feds really [C] say, [C] could've hit him any [A] day.
They only let him [G] hang around, _ [D] for all the kindness [A] I spoke. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
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