Townes van Zandt - Pancho and Lefty Chords
Tempo:
102.9 bpm
Chords used:
G
Bm
D
A
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[A] [G]
[B] [Bm]
[D] Living on the road, my friend, [A]
is gonna keep your friend clean.
[G] Now you wear your skin like [D] iron, your breath's as [A] hard as [G] kerosene.
You weren't your mama's only [D] boy, but her favorite one it [G] seems.
She [Bm] began to cry when you [A] said goodbye, [E]
[G] and sang [Em] into your dreams.
[Bm]
[D] Pancho was a bandit, [A] boys, his horse was fast as polished [G] steel.
Wore his gun outside his [D] pants for all the [A] honest world to [G] feel.
Pancho met his match, you [D] know, on the deserts down in [G] Mexico.
[Bm] Nobody heard his dying [A] words, [G] but that's the way [Bm] it goes.
[G] And all the federales [D] say, they could have [G] had him any day.
[Bm] They only let him [Am] hang around out [G] of kindness, [E] I suppose.
[Bm] [D] Lefty, he can't sing the [A] blues all night long [E] like he used to.
[G]
The dust that Pancho bit down [D] south ended up [A] in Lefty's mouth.
[G] The day that late poor Pancho [D] left, Lefty split [G] for Ohio, [Bm] where he got the bread [A] to go.
[E] But ain't [Em] nobody
[Bm] knows.
[G] And all the federales [D] say, they could have [G] had him any day.
[Em] [Bm] They only let [Am] him slip away out [G] of [B] kindness, I suppose.
[Bm] [D]
[A] [E]
[G] [D]
[A] [G]
[D] [B] [Bm] [G]
[Am] [E]
[Bm] [D] Well, the poets tell of Pancho [A] fell.
Lefty's living in a cheap [E] hotel.
The desert's quiet and Cleveland's [D] cold, so the story [Am] ends we're told.
Pancho needs your prayers, it's [D] true.
But save [G] a few for Lefty, too.
[Bm] He just did what he had [E] to do.
[G] Oh, now he's growing [Bm] old.
And [G] a few great federales say, [D] they could have had him any [Em] day.
[Bm] They only let him go so wrong [Am] [E] out [G] of kindness, I [Bm] suppose.
[G] A few great federales say, [D] they could have had [G] him any day.
[Bm] They only let him go [Am] so wrong [E] out [G] of [E] kindness, I [Bm]
suppose.
Thanks, [N] everybody.
[Eb]
[B] [Bm]
[D] Living on the road, my friend, [A]
is gonna keep your friend clean.
[G] Now you wear your skin like [D] iron, your breath's as [A] hard as [G] kerosene.
You weren't your mama's only [D] boy, but her favorite one it [G] seems.
She [Bm] began to cry when you [A] said goodbye, [E]
[G] and sang [Em] into your dreams.
[Bm]
[D] Pancho was a bandit, [A] boys, his horse was fast as polished [G] steel.
Wore his gun outside his [D] pants for all the [A] honest world to [G] feel.
Pancho met his match, you [D] know, on the deserts down in [G] Mexico.
[Bm] Nobody heard his dying [A] words, [G] but that's the way [Bm] it goes.
[G] And all the federales [D] say, they could have [G] had him any day.
[Bm] They only let him [Am] hang around out [G] of kindness, [E] I suppose.
[Bm] [D] Lefty, he can't sing the [A] blues all night long [E] like he used to.
[G]
The dust that Pancho bit down [D] south ended up [A] in Lefty's mouth.
[G] The day that late poor Pancho [D] left, Lefty split [G] for Ohio, [Bm] where he got the bread [A] to go.
[E] But ain't [Em] nobody
[Bm] knows.
[G] And all the federales [D] say, they could have [G] had him any day.
[Em] [Bm] They only let [Am] him slip away out [G] of [B] kindness, I suppose.
[Bm] [D]
[A] [E]
[G] [D]
[A] [G]
[D] [B] [Bm] [G]
[Am] [E]
[Bm] [D] Well, the poets tell of Pancho [A] fell.
Lefty's living in a cheap [E] hotel.
The desert's quiet and Cleveland's [D] cold, so the story [Am] ends we're told.
Pancho needs your prayers, it's [D] true.
But save [G] a few for Lefty, too.
[Bm] He just did what he had [E] to do.
[G] Oh, now he's growing [Bm] old.
And [G] a few great federales say, [D] they could have had him any [Em] day.
[Bm] They only let him go so wrong [Am] [E] out [G] of kindness, I [Bm] suppose.
[G] A few great federales say, [D] they could have had [G] him any day.
[Bm] They only let him go [Am] so wrong [E] out [G] of [E] kindness, I [Bm]
suppose.
Thanks, [N] everybody.
[Eb]
Key:
G
Bm
D
A
E
G
Bm
D
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ [D] _ Living on the road, my friend, [A]
is gonna keep your friend clean.
[G] Now you wear your skin like [D] iron, your breath's as [A] hard as [G] kerosene.
You weren't your mama's only [D] boy, but her favorite one it [G] seems.
She [Bm] began to cry when you [A] said goodbye, _ [E] _
_ [G] and sang [Em] into your dreams.
[Bm] _ _
_ [D] _ _ Pancho was a bandit, [A] boys, his horse was fast as polished [G] steel.
Wore his gun outside his [D] pants for all the [A] honest world to [G] feel.
Pancho met his match, you [D] know, on the deserts down in [G] Mexico.
[Bm] Nobody heard his dying [A] words, _ [G] but that's the way [Bm] it goes. _
_ [G] And all the federales [D] say, they could have [G] had him any day.
[Bm] They only let him [Am] hang around _ out [G] of kindness, [E] I suppose.
[Bm] _ _ _ [D] _ Lefty, he can't sing the [A] blues all night long [E] like he used to.
[G]
The dust that Pancho bit down [D] south ended up [A] in Lefty's mouth.
[G] The day that late poor Pancho [D] left, Lefty split [G] for Ohio, [Bm] where he got the bread [A] to go.
_ [E] _ But ain't [Em] nobody _
[Bm] knows.
_ _ [G] And all the federales [D] say, they could have [G] had him any day.
[Em] [Bm] They only let [Am] him slip away out [G] of [B] kindness, I suppose.
[Bm] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [B] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [G] _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [D] Well, the poets tell of Pancho [A] fell.
Lefty's living in a cheap [E] hotel.
The desert's quiet and Cleveland's [D] cold, so the story [Am] ends we're told.
Pancho needs your prayers, it's [D] true.
But save [G] a few for Lefty, too.
[Bm] He just did what he had [E] to do.
_ _ [G] Oh, now he's growing [Bm] old.
And _ _ [G] a few great federales say, [D] they could have had him any [Em] day.
[Bm] They only let him go so wrong [Am] [E] out [G] of kindness, I [Bm] suppose. _ _ _
_ [G] A few great federales say, [D] they could have had [G] him any day.
[Bm] They only let him go [Am] so wrong [E] out [G] of [E] kindness, I [Bm]
suppose.
Thanks, _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ everybody. _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ [D] _ Living on the road, my friend, [A]
is gonna keep your friend clean.
[G] Now you wear your skin like [D] iron, your breath's as [A] hard as [G] kerosene.
You weren't your mama's only [D] boy, but her favorite one it [G] seems.
She [Bm] began to cry when you [A] said goodbye, _ [E] _
_ [G] and sang [Em] into your dreams.
[Bm] _ _
_ [D] _ _ Pancho was a bandit, [A] boys, his horse was fast as polished [G] steel.
Wore his gun outside his [D] pants for all the [A] honest world to [G] feel.
Pancho met his match, you [D] know, on the deserts down in [G] Mexico.
[Bm] Nobody heard his dying [A] words, _ [G] but that's the way [Bm] it goes. _
_ [G] And all the federales [D] say, they could have [G] had him any day.
[Bm] They only let him [Am] hang around _ out [G] of kindness, [E] I suppose.
[Bm] _ _ _ [D] _ Lefty, he can't sing the [A] blues all night long [E] like he used to.
[G]
The dust that Pancho bit down [D] south ended up [A] in Lefty's mouth.
[G] The day that late poor Pancho [D] left, Lefty split [G] for Ohio, [Bm] where he got the bread [A] to go.
_ [E] _ But ain't [Em] nobody _
[Bm] knows.
_ _ [G] And all the federales [D] say, they could have [G] had him any day.
[Em] [Bm] They only let [Am] him slip away out [G] of [B] kindness, I suppose.
[Bm] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [B] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [G] _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [D] Well, the poets tell of Pancho [A] fell.
Lefty's living in a cheap [E] hotel.
The desert's quiet and Cleveland's [D] cold, so the story [Am] ends we're told.
Pancho needs your prayers, it's [D] true.
But save [G] a few for Lefty, too.
[Bm] He just did what he had [E] to do.
_ _ [G] Oh, now he's growing [Bm] old.
And _ _ [G] a few great federales say, [D] they could have had him any [Em] day.
[Bm] They only let him go so wrong [Am] [E] out [G] of kindness, I [Bm] suppose. _ _ _
_ [G] A few great federales say, [D] they could have had [G] him any day.
[Bm] They only let him go [Am] so wrong [E] out [G] of [E] kindness, I [Bm]
suppose.
Thanks, _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ everybody. _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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