xtab by jofo 30/5/09
add some hammer on's when playing the Am
C G F Am *
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C
Livin' on the road, my friend
G
Was gonna keep us free and clean
F
now you wear your skin like iron
C G
And your breath's as hard as kerosene
F
weren't your mama's only boy
C F
But her favorite one, it seems
Am F G
She began to cry when you said good bye
F Am
And sank into your dreams
(Verse 2)
C
Pancho was a bandit, boys
G
horse fast as polished steel
F
Wore his guns outside his pants
C G
For all the honest world to feel
F
Pancho met his match, you know
C F
On the deserts down in Mexico
Am F G
Nobody heard his dyin' words
F Am
But that's the way it goes
(Chorus)
F
And all the federales say
C F
They could have had him any day
Am F G
They only let him hang around
F Am
Out of kindness, I suppose
(Verse 3)
C
Lefty he can't sing the blues
G
All night long like he used to
F
The dust that Pancho bit down South
C G
It ended up in Lefty's mouth
F
The day they laid poor Pancho low
C F
Lefty split for Ohio
Am F G
Where he got the bread to go
F Am
ahh there ain't nobody 'knows
(Chorus)
(Verse 4)
C
poets tell how Pancho fell
G
Lefty's livin' in a cheap hotel
F
The desert's quiet and Cleveland's cold
C G
And so the story ends, we're told
F
Pancho needs your prayers, it's true
C F
But save a few for Lefty, too
Am F G
He only did what he had to do
F Am
And now he's growin' old
(Chorus)
(Final Chorus)
F
Yes a few old gray federales still say
C F
They could have had him any day
Am F G
They only let him go so wrong
F Am
Out of kindness, I suppose
