Chords for Willie Nelson - Poncho And Lefty - 7/25/1999 - Woodstock 99 East Stage (Official)
Tempo:
109.7 bpm
Chords used:
G
Bm
D
A
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G] [C] Thank you very much.
Before we get out of here, we're going to do [Bm] a little tribute to our [E] pal Townes Van Zandt and also Haggard.
One [C] called Poncho [N] and Lefty.
[D]
[E]
[D]
Living on the road, [A] my friend, was gonna keep you free and clean.
[G] Now you wear your skin like iron [D] and your breath as hard as [A] kerosene.
[G] You weren't your mama's only boy, [D] but her favorite one [G] it seems.
And she [Bm] began to cry when you said [A] goodbye.
[G] It sank into your [Bm] dreams.
[D]
Poncho was a bandit boy.
[A] His horse was fast as polished steel.
[G] He wore his gun outside his pants.
[D] For all [A] the honest world to feel.
[G]
But Poncho met his match, you know, [D] in the deserts down [G] in Mexico.
[Bm] Nobody [G] heard his dying [A] word.
[G] It's the way [Bm] it goes.
[G]
Off and around he'd [D] say.
Could have had him [G] any day.
[Bm] We only let [Em] him slip [A] away.
[G] Kindness [A] I [Bm] suppose.
[B] [D]
Lefty, he can't sing the blues.
[A] All night long like he used to.
[G] But Dustin Poncho bent down, stout.
[D] He lifted [A] up and left his mouth.
[G]
The day they laid poor Poncho low.
[D] Lefty split [G] far Ohio.
[Bm] And where he got [G] the breath to [A] go.
[Am] [G]
There ain't [Bm] nobody knows.
[G]
Off and [B] around he'd say.
[D] Could [G] have had him any [Bm] day.
We only let him [A] slip away.
[G] Out of kindness I [Bm] suppose.
[G]
[D]
[G] [D]
[G] [Bm]
[A] [G]
[Bm] [D]
Poets tell how [E] Poncho fell.
[A] And Lefty slept in an empty hotel.
[G] The desert's quiet and Cleveland's cold.
[D] So the [A] story ends where it's [G] told.
Poncho needs your prayers, it's [D] true.
But save a [G] few for Lefty too.
[Bm] He only did [G] what he [A] had to do.
And [G]
now he's [Bm] going home.
[G] Off and around he'd say.
[D]
Could have had [G] him any [Bm] day.
We only let [G] him slip [A] away.
[G]
Out of kindness I [Bm] suppose.
[G] A few great men around they'd [D] say.
Could have had [A] him any [Bm] day.
We only let him [G] go [A] so long.
[G] Out of kindness [Bm] I suppose.
[G] [D]
[G] [Bm]
[A] [E] [G]
[Bm] [D]
[N]
Before we get out of here, we're going to do [Bm] a little tribute to our [E] pal Townes Van Zandt and also Haggard.
One [C] called Poncho [N] and Lefty.
[D]
[E]
[D]
Living on the road, [A] my friend, was gonna keep you free and clean.
[G] Now you wear your skin like iron [D] and your breath as hard as [A] kerosene.
[G] You weren't your mama's only boy, [D] but her favorite one [G] it seems.
And she [Bm] began to cry when you said [A] goodbye.
[G] It sank into your [Bm] dreams.
[D]
Poncho was a bandit boy.
[A] His horse was fast as polished steel.
[G] He wore his gun outside his pants.
[D] For all [A] the honest world to feel.
[G]
But Poncho met his match, you know, [D] in the deserts down [G] in Mexico.
[Bm] Nobody [G] heard his dying [A] word.
[G] It's the way [Bm] it goes.
[G]
Off and around he'd [D] say.
Could have had him [G] any day.
[Bm] We only let [Em] him slip [A] away.
[G] Kindness [A] I [Bm] suppose.
[B] [D]
Lefty, he can't sing the blues.
[A] All night long like he used to.
[G] But Dustin Poncho bent down, stout.
[D] He lifted [A] up and left his mouth.
[G]
The day they laid poor Poncho low.
[D] Lefty split [G] far Ohio.
[Bm] And where he got [G] the breath to [A] go.
[Am] [G]
There ain't [Bm] nobody knows.
[G]
Off and [B] around he'd say.
[D] Could [G] have had him any [Bm] day.
We only let him [A] slip away.
[G] Out of kindness I [Bm] suppose.
[G]
[D]
[G] [D]
[G] [Bm]
[A] [G]
[Bm] [D]
Poets tell how [E] Poncho fell.
[A] And Lefty slept in an empty hotel.
[G] The desert's quiet and Cleveland's cold.
[D] So the [A] story ends where it's [G] told.
Poncho needs your prayers, it's [D] true.
But save a [G] few for Lefty too.
[Bm] He only did [G] what he [A] had to do.
And [G]
now he's [Bm] going home.
[G] Off and around he'd say.
[D]
Could have had [G] him any [Bm] day.
We only let [G] him slip [A] away.
[G]
Out of kindness I [Bm] suppose.
[G] A few great men around they'd [D] say.
Could have had [A] him any [Bm] day.
We only let him [G] go [A] so long.
[G] Out of kindness [Bm] I suppose.
[G] [D]
[G] [Bm]
[A] [E] [G]
[Bm] [D]
[N]
Key:
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_ [G] _ _ [C] Thank you very much.
Before we get out of here, we're going to do [Bm] a little tribute to our [E] pal Townes Van Zandt and also Haggard.
One [C] called Poncho [N] and Lefty.
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Living on the road, [A] my friend, _ was gonna keep you free and clean. _
[G] Now you wear your skin like iron [D] and your breath as hard as [A] kerosene.
_ [G] You weren't your mama's only boy, [D] but her favorite one [G] it seems.
And she [Bm] began to cry when you said [A] goodbye.
_ _ _ _ _ [G] It sank into your [Bm] dreams.
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _
Poncho was a bandit boy.
[A] His horse was fast as polished steel.
_ [G] He wore his gun outside his pants.
_ [D] For all [A] the honest world to feel.
_ [G]
But Poncho met his match, you know, [D] in the deserts down [G] in Mexico.
_ [Bm] Nobody [G] heard his dying [A] word.
_ _ _ _ _ [G] It's the way [Bm] it goes.
_ _ _ _ [G] _
Off and around he'd [D] say.
Could have had him [G] any day.
[Bm] We only let [Em] him slip [A] away.
_ _ _ _ _ [G] Kindness [A] I [Bm] suppose.
_ _ _ _ [B] _ [D] _
Lefty, he can't sing the blues.
[A] All night long like he used to.
[G] But Dustin Poncho bent down, stout.
[D] He lifted [A] up and left his mouth.
[G] _
The day they laid poor Poncho low.
[D] _ Lefty split [G] far Ohio.
[Bm] _ And where he got [G] the breath to [A] go.
_ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _
There ain't [Bm] nobody knows.
_ _ _ _ [G] _
_ Off and [B] around he'd say.
[D] Could [G] have had him any [Bm] day.
We only let him [A] slip away.
_ _ _ _ [G] Out of kindness I [Bm] suppose.
_ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
Poets tell how [E] Poncho fell.
[A] And Lefty slept in an empty hotel.
[G] _ The desert's quiet and Cleveland's cold.
[D] So the [A] story ends where it's [G] told.
Poncho needs your prayers, it's [D] true.
But save a [G] few for Lefty too.
[Bm] He only did [G] what he [A] had to do.
And _ _ [G] _
now he's [Bm] going home. _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ Off and around he'd say.
[D]
Could have had [G] him any [Bm] day.
We only let [G] him slip [A] away.
_ _ _ _ [G]
Out of kindness I [Bm] suppose. _ _ _ _
[G] _ A few great men around they'd [D] say.
Could have had [A] him any [Bm] day.
We only let him [G] go [A] so long.
_ _ _ [G] Out of kindness [Bm] I suppose. _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [G] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
Before we get out of here, we're going to do [Bm] a little tribute to our [E] pal Townes Van Zandt and also Haggard.
One [C] called Poncho [N] and Lefty.
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Living on the road, [A] my friend, _ was gonna keep you free and clean. _
[G] Now you wear your skin like iron [D] and your breath as hard as [A] kerosene.
_ [G] You weren't your mama's only boy, [D] but her favorite one [G] it seems.
And she [Bm] began to cry when you said [A] goodbye.
_ _ _ _ _ [G] It sank into your [Bm] dreams.
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _
Poncho was a bandit boy.
[A] His horse was fast as polished steel.
_ [G] He wore his gun outside his pants.
_ [D] For all [A] the honest world to feel.
_ [G]
But Poncho met his match, you know, [D] in the deserts down [G] in Mexico.
_ [Bm] Nobody [G] heard his dying [A] word.
_ _ _ _ _ [G] It's the way [Bm] it goes.
_ _ _ _ [G] _
Off and around he'd [D] say.
Could have had him [G] any day.
[Bm] We only let [Em] him slip [A] away.
_ _ _ _ _ [G] Kindness [A] I [Bm] suppose.
_ _ _ _ [B] _ [D] _
Lefty, he can't sing the blues.
[A] All night long like he used to.
[G] But Dustin Poncho bent down, stout.
[D] He lifted [A] up and left his mouth.
[G] _
The day they laid poor Poncho low.
[D] _ Lefty split [G] far Ohio.
[Bm] _ And where he got [G] the breath to [A] go.
_ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _
There ain't [Bm] nobody knows.
_ _ _ _ [G] _
_ Off and [B] around he'd say.
[D] Could [G] have had him any [Bm] day.
We only let him [A] slip away.
_ _ _ _ [G] Out of kindness I [Bm] suppose.
_ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
Poets tell how [E] Poncho fell.
[A] And Lefty slept in an empty hotel.
[G] _ The desert's quiet and Cleveland's cold.
[D] So the [A] story ends where it's [G] told.
Poncho needs your prayers, it's [D] true.
But save a [G] few for Lefty too.
[Bm] He only did [G] what he [A] had to do.
And _ _ [G] _
now he's [Bm] going home. _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ Off and around he'd say.
[D]
Could have had [G] him any [Bm] day.
We only let [G] him slip [A] away.
_ _ _ _ [G]
Out of kindness I [Bm] suppose. _ _ _ _
[G] _ A few great men around they'd [D] say.
Could have had [A] him any [Bm] day.
We only let him [G] go [A] so long.
_ _ _ [G] Out of kindness [Bm] I suppose. _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [G] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
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_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _