Steve Earle - Pancho and lefty

^CLivin' on the road, my friend ^GWas gonna keep us free and clean ^Fnow you wear your skin like iron A^Cnd your breath's as hard ^Gas kerosene ^Fweren't your mama's only boy ^CBut her favorite one, it seems Am * G She began to cry when you said good bye ^FAnd sank into your d^Amreams (Verse 2) ^CPancho was a bandit, boys ^Ghorse fast as polished steel ^FWore his guns outside his pants ^CFor all the honest world ^Gto feel ^FPancho met his match, you know ^COn the deserts down i^Gn Mexico Am * G Nobody heard his dyin' words ^FBut that's the way i^Amt goes (Chorus) ^FAnd all the federales say ^CThey could have had him any ^Gday Am (* G They only let him hang around Out of ^Fkindness, I supp^Amose (Verse 3) ^CLefty he can't sing the blues ^GAll night long like he used to ^FThe dust that Pancho bit down South ^CIt ended up in Lefty'^Gs mouth ^FThe day they laid poor Pancho low ^CLefty split for Ohio ^G Am * G Where he got the bread to go ^Fahh there ain't nobod^Amy 'knows (Chorus) (Verse 4) ^Cpoets tell how Pancho fell ^GLefty's livin' in a cheap hotel ^FThe desert's quiet and Cleveland's cold ^CAnd so the story ends, we^G're told ^FPancho needs your prayers, it's true ^CBut save a few for Lefty, to^Go Bm * G He only did what he had to do ^FAnd now he's growin'^Am old (Chorus) (Final Chorus) ^FYes a few old gray federales still say ^CThey could have had him any ^Gday Am * G They only let him go so wrong Out of ^Fkindness, I suppo^Amse