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Version 1 Version 2 Version 3 Version 5Pancho and Lefty Townes Van Zandt Verse 1. G Living on the road my friend D Was gonna keep you free and clean C Now you wear your skin like iron G D Your breath's as hard as kerosene C You weren't your mama's only boy G C But her favorite one it seems Em C D She began to cry when you said goodbye C Em sank into your dreams Verse 2. G Pancho was a bandit boys D His horse was fast as polished steel C Wore his gun outside his pants G D For all the honest world to feel C Pancho met his match you know G C On the deserts down in Mexico Em C D Nobody heard his dying words C Em That's the way it goes Chorus : C All the federales say G C They could have had him any day Em C D They only let him hang around C Em Out of kindness I suppose Verse 3. G Lefty he can't sing the blues D All night long like he used to C The dust that Pancho bit down south G D Ended up in Lefty's mouth C The day they laid poor Pancho low G C Lefty split for Ohio Em C D Where he got the bread to go C Em There ain't nobody knows Chorus : C All the federales say G C They could have had him any day Em C D They only let him slip away C Em Out of kindness I suppose Verse 4. G The poets tell how Pancho fell D Lefty's livin' in a cheap hotel C The desert's quiet and Cleveland's cold G D So the story ends we're told C Pancho needs your prayers it's true, G C But save a few for Lefty too Em C D He just did what he had to do C Em Now he's growing old Chorus: C A few gray federales say G C They could have had him any day Em C D They only let him go so wrong C Em Out of kindness I suppose (repeat) C A few gray federales say G C They could have had him any day Em C D They only let him go so wrong C Em Out of kindness I suppose