Chords for Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers - Pancho and Lefty - Live
Tempo:
82 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
B
C#m
C#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E]
of living on the road, my friend, [F#]
was gonna keep you free and clean.
[A] But now you wear your skin like [E] iron and your breath's as [B] hard as kerosene.
[A] You weren't your mama's only boy, [E] but her favorite one it [A] seemed.
[C#m] You heard her cry when you said [B] goodbye.
[A] She sank into your [C#m] dreams.
[C#m] [E]
A bunch of wolves he founds it for.
[B] His horse was fast as polystyrene.
[A] He wore his gun outside his pants.
[E] For all the [B] honest world to feel.
[A] A bunch of men he's met, you know, [E] on the deserts down [A] in Mexico.
[C#m] Nobody heard his [B] dying words, [A] but [C#m] that's the way it goes.
[A] All the better, I'd say.
[E] Should've had him [A] any day.
[C#m] You only let him slip [B] away.
[A] Out of kindness I [C#m] suppose.
[E] Left the heat chasing the blues.
[B] All night long like he used to do.
[A] Dusty Ponchos bit down south.
[E]
And bit up and [B] left his mouth.
[A] The day they laid poor Pancho low.
[E] Left his split for [A] Ohio.
[C#m] Where he got the [A] bread [B] to go.
[A] There ain't nobody [C#] knows.
[C#m] [A] All the better, I'd [E] say.
Should've had [A] him any day.
You only let him slip [B] away.
[A] Out of kindness I [C#m] suppose.
[A] [E]
[E] [A]
[C#m] [B]
[A] [C#m]
[E] Poets tell how Pancho fell.
[B] And left his living in cheap motels.
[A] The desert's quiet and Cleveland's [E] cold.
So the [B] story ends with soul.
[A] Pancho needs your prayers, it's true.
[E] Said if you [A] could let it do.
[C#m] He only did what [A] he had [B] to do.
Now [A] he's [C#m] grown old.
[A] All the better, I'd say.
[E] Should've had him any day.
You [C#] only let him [A] slip [B] away.
[A] Out of [C#] kindness I suppose.
[A] If you pray, better I'd [E] say.
We should've had [A] him any day.
[C#] We only let him go so [B] wrong.
[A] Out of kindness [C#] I suppose.
[A]
[E]
[B] [N]
of living on the road, my friend, [F#]
was gonna keep you free and clean.
[A] But now you wear your skin like [E] iron and your breath's as [B] hard as kerosene.
[A] You weren't your mama's only boy, [E] but her favorite one it [A] seemed.
[C#m] You heard her cry when you said [B] goodbye.
[A] She sank into your [C#m] dreams.
[C#m] [E]
A bunch of wolves he founds it for.
[B] His horse was fast as polystyrene.
[A] He wore his gun outside his pants.
[E] For all the [B] honest world to feel.
[A] A bunch of men he's met, you know, [E] on the deserts down [A] in Mexico.
[C#m] Nobody heard his [B] dying words, [A] but [C#m] that's the way it goes.
[A] All the better, I'd say.
[E] Should've had him [A] any day.
[C#m] You only let him slip [B] away.
[A] Out of kindness I [C#m] suppose.
[E] Left the heat chasing the blues.
[B] All night long like he used to do.
[A] Dusty Ponchos bit down south.
[E]
And bit up and [B] left his mouth.
[A] The day they laid poor Pancho low.
[E] Left his split for [A] Ohio.
[C#m] Where he got the [A] bread [B] to go.
[A] There ain't nobody [C#] knows.
[C#m] [A] All the better, I'd [E] say.
Should've had [A] him any day.
You only let him slip [B] away.
[A] Out of kindness I [C#m] suppose.
[A] [E]
[E] [A]
[C#m] [B]
[A] [C#m]
[E] Poets tell how Pancho fell.
[B] And left his living in cheap motels.
[A] The desert's quiet and Cleveland's [E] cold.
So the [B] story ends with soul.
[A] Pancho needs your prayers, it's true.
[E] Said if you [A] could let it do.
[C#m] He only did what [A] he had [B] to do.
Now [A] he's [C#m] grown old.
[A] All the better, I'd say.
[E] Should've had him any day.
You [C#] only let him [A] slip [B] away.
[A] Out of [C#] kindness I suppose.
[A] If you pray, better I'd [E] say.
We should've had [A] him any day.
[C#] We only let him go so [B] wrong.
[A] Out of kindness [C#] I suppose.
[A]
[E]
[B] [N]
Key:
A
E
B
C#m
C#
A
E
B
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ of living on the road, my friend, [F#]
was gonna keep you free and clean.
[A] But now you wear your skin like [E] iron and your breath's as [B] hard as kerosene. _
[A] You weren't your mama's only boy, [E] but her favorite one it [A] seemed.
_ [C#m] You heard her cry when you said [B] goodbye.
_ _ _ _ _ [A] She sank into your [C#m] dreams.
_ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [E]
A bunch of wolves he founds it for.
[B] His horse was fast as polystyrene.
[A] He wore his gun outside his pants.
[E] For all the [B] honest world to feel.
[A] A bunch of men he's met, you know, [E] on the deserts down [A] in Mexico.
_ [C#m] Nobody heard his [B] dying words, _ _ _ _ [A] _ but [C#m] that's the way it goes.
_ _ _ _ [A] _ All the better, I'd say.
[E] _ Should've had him [A] any day.
[C#m] You only let him slip [B] away. _
_ _ _ _ [A] Out of kindness I [C#m] suppose.
_ _ _ _ _ [E] Left the heat chasing the blues.
[B] All night long like he used to do.
[A] Dusty Ponchos bit down south.
[E]
And bit up and [B] left his mouth.
[A] The day they laid poor Pancho low.
[E] Left his split for [A] Ohio.
_ [C#m] Where he got the [A] bread [B] to go. _ _
_ _ _ [A] There ain't nobody [C#] knows. _
_ [C#m] _ _ _ [A] All the better, I'd [E] say.
_ Should've had [A] him any day.
You only let him slip [B] away. _
_ _ _ [A] Out of kindness I [C#m] suppose. _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ Poets tell how Pancho fell.
[B] And left his living in cheap motels.
[A] The desert's quiet and Cleveland's [E] cold. _
So the [B] story ends with soul.
[A] _ Pancho needs your prayers, it's true.
[E] Said if you [A] could let it do.
[C#m] He only did what [A] he had [B] to do.
Now _ _ [A] _ he's [C#m] grown old.
_ _ _ _ [A] _ All the better, I'd say.
_ [E] Should've had him any day.
You [C#] only let him [A] slip [B] away. _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ Out of [C#] kindness I suppose.
_ _ _ _ [A] If you pray, better I'd [E] say.
We should've had [A] him any day.
[C#] We only let him go so [B] wrong. _
_ _ _ [A] Out of kindness [C#] I suppose.
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ of living on the road, my friend, [F#]
was gonna keep you free and clean.
[A] But now you wear your skin like [E] iron and your breath's as [B] hard as kerosene. _
[A] You weren't your mama's only boy, [E] but her favorite one it [A] seemed.
_ [C#m] You heard her cry when you said [B] goodbye.
_ _ _ _ _ [A] She sank into your [C#m] dreams.
_ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [E]
A bunch of wolves he founds it for.
[B] His horse was fast as polystyrene.
[A] He wore his gun outside his pants.
[E] For all the [B] honest world to feel.
[A] A bunch of men he's met, you know, [E] on the deserts down [A] in Mexico.
_ [C#m] Nobody heard his [B] dying words, _ _ _ _ [A] _ but [C#m] that's the way it goes.
_ _ _ _ [A] _ All the better, I'd say.
[E] _ Should've had him [A] any day.
[C#m] You only let him slip [B] away. _
_ _ _ _ [A] Out of kindness I [C#m] suppose.
_ _ _ _ _ [E] Left the heat chasing the blues.
[B] All night long like he used to do.
[A] Dusty Ponchos bit down south.
[E]
And bit up and [B] left his mouth.
[A] The day they laid poor Pancho low.
[E] Left his split for [A] Ohio.
_ [C#m] Where he got the [A] bread [B] to go. _ _
_ _ _ [A] There ain't nobody [C#] knows. _
_ [C#m] _ _ _ [A] All the better, I'd [E] say.
_ Should've had [A] him any day.
You only let him slip [B] away. _
_ _ _ [A] Out of kindness I [C#m] suppose. _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ Poets tell how Pancho fell.
[B] And left his living in cheap motels.
[A] The desert's quiet and Cleveland's [E] cold. _
So the [B] story ends with soul.
[A] _ Pancho needs your prayers, it's true.
[E] Said if you [A] could let it do.
[C#m] He only did what [A] he had [B] to do.
Now _ _ [A] _ he's [C#m] grown old.
_ _ _ _ [A] _ All the better, I'd say.
_ [E] Should've had him any day.
You [C#] only let him [A] slip [B] away. _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ Out of [C#] kindness I suppose.
_ _ _ _ [A] If you pray, better I'd [E] say.
We should've had [A] him any day.
[C#] We only let him go so [B] wrong. _
_ _ _ [A] Out of kindness [C#] I suppose.
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [N] _