Chords for TOPPOP: Emmylou Harris - Pancho and Lefty (live)
Tempo:
96.35 bpm
Chords used:
F
Am
G
C
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Livin' on the road, my friend, [G] was gonna keep you free and clean.
[F] Now you wear your skin like [Am] iron, your [C] breath as hard as [G] kerosene.
mom, [C]
it seemed, [Am] she began to cry when you [G]
said you'd go.
sank [Am] into her dreams.
[Bm] [C] Mom chose a band of [A]
boys [G] whose work was fast as polished steel.
[F] Now you wear your skin like [Am] iron, your [C] breath as hard as [G] kerosene.
mom, [C]
it seemed, [Am] she began to cry when you [G]
said you'd go.
sank [Am] into her dreams.
[Bm] [C] Mom chose a band of [A]
boys [G] whose work was fast as polished steel.
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_ _ _ _ Livin' on the road, my friend, [G] was gonna keep you free and clean. _
[F] _ Now you wear your skin like [Am] iron, your [C] breath as hard as [G] kerosene.
[F] _ But your mom, _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
it seemed, [Am] she began to cry when you [G]
said you'd go.
_ _ _ _ [F] And sank [Am] into her dreams. _ _
[Bm] _ _ [C] Mom chose a band of [A]
boys [G] whose work was fast as polished steel.
[F]
He wore his gun outside his fence [C] for all the [G] honest world [A] to see.
[F] Out your _ _ _ [C] mother's deserts [F] down in Mexico, [D] _ [Am] nobody [F] heard his [G] dying words.
_ _ _ All the planets and _ [Am] rainbows.
_ _ _ _ [F] _
All the better on his side, [C] _
coulda [F] had him any day.
[Am] Only let him slip [Dm] away, _ _ _ and bought a dime in his house [Am] of clothes. _ _
_ _ [C] _ Lefty, he can't sing the [G] blues all night long like he used to. _
[F] The dusty poncho bit down [C] south, ended up [G] in Lefty's mouth.
[F] The day they laid poor poncho [C] low, Lefty split [F] for Ohio.
[D] _ [Am] Where he [F] got the bread [G] to go, _ _ _ _ [F] there ain't [Am] nobody knows.
_ _ [B] _ [Am] _ _
[F] All the better they [C] say, coulda had [F] him any day.
[Am] _ Only let him [G] slip away, _ _ _ _ [F] and bought a dime in his [Am] house of clothes.
_ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [F] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[C] Oh, it's tough, poncho [G] fell.
Lefty's living the cheap, okay.
_ [F] The desert's quiet and Cleveland's [C] cold.
So the [Am] story [G]
ends, we're told.
[F] _ Poncho needs a present [C] too, but seven few [F] for Lefty [D] too.
[Am]
He only dared what he [G] had to do. _ _
_ _ _ [F] Now he's grown [Am] _
old.
_ _ _ _ [F] All the better on his [C] side, coulda [F] had him any [G] day.
[Am] _ Only [F] let him [G] slip away, _ _ _ [F] and bought a dime in his [Am] house of clothes.
_ [Bm] _ [Am] _ _
[F] You bet that on his [C] side, coulda had [F] him any day.
_ Only let him go [G] so long, _ _ and [F] bought a dime in his [Am] house of clothes. _
[A] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ Livin' on the road, my friend, [G] was gonna keep you free and clean. _
[F] _ Now you wear your skin like [Am] iron, your [C] breath as hard as [G] kerosene.
[F] _ But your mom, _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
it seemed, [Am] she began to cry when you [G]
said you'd go.
_ _ _ _ [F] And sank [Am] into her dreams. _ _
[Bm] _ _ [C] Mom chose a band of [A]
boys [G] whose work was fast as polished steel.
[F]
He wore his gun outside his fence [C] for all the [G] honest world [A] to see.
[F] Out your _ _ _ [C] mother's deserts [F] down in Mexico, [D] _ [Am] nobody [F] heard his [G] dying words.
_ _ _ All the planets and _ [Am] rainbows.
_ _ _ _ [F] _
All the better on his side, [C] _
coulda [F] had him any day.
[Am] Only let him slip [Dm] away, _ _ _ and bought a dime in his house [Am] of clothes. _ _
_ _ [C] _ Lefty, he can't sing the [G] blues all night long like he used to. _
[F] The dusty poncho bit down [C] south, ended up [G] in Lefty's mouth.
[F] The day they laid poor poncho [C] low, Lefty split [F] for Ohio.
[D] _ [Am] Where he [F] got the bread [G] to go, _ _ _ _ [F] there ain't [Am] nobody knows.
_ _ [B] _ [Am] _ _
[F] All the better they [C] say, coulda had [F] him any day.
[Am] _ Only let him [G] slip away, _ _ _ _ [F] and bought a dime in his [Am] house of clothes.
_ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [F] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[C] Oh, it's tough, poncho [G] fell.
Lefty's living the cheap, okay.
_ [F] The desert's quiet and Cleveland's [C] cold.
So the [Am] story [G]
ends, we're told.
[F] _ Poncho needs a present [C] too, but seven few [F] for Lefty [D] too.
[Am]
He only dared what he [G] had to do. _ _
_ _ _ [F] Now he's grown [Am] _
old.
_ _ _ _ [F] All the better on his [C] side, coulda [F] had him any [G] day.
[Am] _ Only [F] let him [G] slip away, _ _ _ [F] and bought a dime in his [Am] house of clothes.
_ [Bm] _ [Am] _ _
[F] You bet that on his [C] side, coulda had [F] him any day.
_ Only let him go [G] so long, _ _ and [F] bought a dime in his [Am] house of clothes. _
[A] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ [G] _
