Townes van Zandt - Pancho and lefty

^GLivin' on the road, my friend ^DWas gonna keep us free and clean ^CBut now you wear your skin like iron ^GAnd your breath's as hard as ke^Drosene ^CYou weren't your mama's only boy ^GBut her favorite one, it ^Cseems ^EmShe began to cry when you ^Csaid good ^Dbye And ^Csank into your ^Emdreams

^GPancho was a bandit, boys ^DRode a horse fast as polished steel ^CWore his guns outside his pants ^GFor all the honest ^Dworld to feel ^CPancho met his match, you know ^GOn the deserts down in ^CMexico ^EmNo one heard his ^Cdyin' ^Dwords But ^Cthat's the way it ^Emgoes

And ^Call the federales say They ^Gcould have had him ^Cany day They ^Emonly let him ^Cslip ^Daway Out of ^Ckindness, I sup^Empose

Now ^GLefty he can't sing the blues ^DAll night long like he used to The ^Cdust that Pancho bit down South It ^Gended up in ^DLefty's mouth The ^Cday they laid old Pancho low ^GLefty split for ^COhio ^EmWhere he got the ^Cbread to ^Dgo Well there ^Cain't nobody '^Emknows

But ^Call the federales say They ^Gcould have had him ^Cany day They ^Emonly let him ^Cslip ^Daway Out of ^Ckindness, I sup^Empose

Now ^Gpoets sing how Pancho fell ^DLefty's livin' in a cheap hotel The ^Cdesert's quiet and Cleveland's cold And ^Gso the story ^Dends, we're told ^CPancho needs your prayers, it's true But ^Gsave a few for ^CLefty, too He ^Emonly did what he ^Chad to ^Ddo And ^Cnow he's growin' ^Emold

And ^Call the federales say They ^Gcould have had him ^Cany day They ^Emonly let him ^Cslip ^Daway Out of ^Ckindness, I sup^Empose

Yes a ^Cfew old gray federales still say They ^Gcould have had him ^Cany day They ^Emonly let him ^Cgo so ^Dwrong Out of ^Ckindness, I sup^Empose