Chords for Emmylou Harris "Pancho and Lefty"
Tempo:
112.5 bpm
Chords used:
F
C
G
Am
Dm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Key:
F
C
G
Am
Dm
F
C
G
[C] .
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Living on the rough grind [G] is gonna keep you free and clean .
[F] Now you wear your skin like iron, [C] your breath as hard as [G] kerosene .
[F] Weren't your mama's the only boy, [C] but her favorite one [F] it seemed.
She [Am] began to cry when [C] you said [G] goodbye and [F] sank into [Am] your dreams .
[G] [C] Pancho was a bandit [G] boss, his horse was fast as polished [F] steel.
He wore his gun outside [Dm] his [C] pants, we're all the [G] honest world to feel.
[F] Pancho met [Dm].
[C] a woman in the deserts [F] down in [Dm] Mexico.
[Am] And nobody heard his [F] [G] dying words, [F] how fast the [Am] wave rose.
[C] .
[F] All of that .
[C] could cut her [F] head in many days, [Am] only [F] let her [C] [G] slip away.
[F] Out of kindness [Am] I suppose .
[Em] [C] Lefty can't sing the blues [G] all night long like he used [F] to.
But does that Pancho bit down [C] style, a bit of bit [G] left his [F] mouth.
They lay in poor Pancho [C] low, left his [F] split for Ohio.
[Am].
And where he [F] got the [Em] [G] bread to go.
There [F] ain't nobody, [Am] [C] .
[F] all of that .
[C] could have [F] had him any day.
[Am] We only let [F] him [C] slip [G] away.
Out [F] of kindness [Am] I suppose.
The .
[Em] [F] [C] .
[F] .
[C] .
[F] [Am] [F] .
[C] [G] .
[F] [Am] .
[G] [C] poets tell how Pancho [G] fell, left his living in a cheap hotel.
[F] Desert's quiet and Cleveland's cold, [C] and so the [G] story ends with a [F] toll.
Pancho needs your prayers, it's [C] true, but save a few [F] for Lefty too.
[Am] He only did what he [G] had to do, [F] and now he's [Am] going home.
[C] [F] All of that .
[C] could have [F] had him any day, [Am] we only [F] let him [C] slip [G] away .
[F] Out of kindness [Am] I suppose.
A [F] few bread but [C] could have [F] had him any day, [Am] we only [F] let [C] him [G] go so long .
[F] Out of kindness [Am] I suppose.
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[C] .
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Living on the rough grind [G] is gonna keep you free and clean .
[F] Now you wear your skin like iron, [C] your breath as hard as [G] kerosene .
[F] Weren't your mama's the only boy, [C] but her favorite one [F] it seemed.
She [Am] began to cry when [C] you said [G] goodbye and [F] sank into [Am] your dreams .
[G] [C] Pancho was a bandit [G] boss, his horse was fast as polished [F] steel.
He wore his gun outside [Dm] his [C] pants, we're all the [G] honest world to feel.
[F] Pancho met [Dm].
[C] a woman in the deserts [F] down in [Dm] Mexico.
[Am] And nobody heard his [F] [G] dying words, [F] how fast the [Am] wave rose.
[C] .
[F] All of that .
[C] could cut her [F] head in many days, [Am] only [F] let her [C] [G] slip away.
[F] Out of kindness [Am] I suppose .
[Em] [C] Lefty can't sing the blues [G] all night long like he used [F] to.
But does that Pancho bit down [C] style, a bit of bit [G] left his [F] mouth.
They lay in poor Pancho [C] low, left his [F] split for Ohio.
[Am].
And where he [F] got the [Em] [G] bread to go.
There [F] ain't nobody, [Am] [C] .
[F] all of that .
[C] could have [F] had him any day.
[Am] We only let [F] him [C] slip [G] away.
Out [F] of kindness [Am] I suppose.
The .
[Em] [F] [C] .
[F] .
[C] .
[F] [Am] [F] .
[C] [G] .
[F] [Am] .
[G] [C] poets tell how Pancho [G] fell, left his living in a cheap hotel.
[F] Desert's quiet and Cleveland's cold, [C] and so the [G] story ends with a [F] toll.
Pancho needs your prayers, it's [C] true, but save a few [F] for Lefty too.
[Am] He only did what he [G] had to do, [F] and now he's [Am] going home.
[C] [F] All of that .
[C] could have [F] had him any day, [Am] we only [F] let him [C] slip [G] away .
[F] Out of kindness [Am] I suppose.
A [F] few bread but [C] could have [F] had him any day, [Am] we only [F] let [C] him [G] go so long .
[F] Out of kindness [Am] I suppose.
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[C] .
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