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Pancho And Lefty by Willie Nelson - Guitar Chords

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            Pancho and Lefty as performed by Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson
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[Intro]

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[Verse 1]

D
Livin' on the road, my friend  
A
Was gonna keep you free and clean  
G
But now you wear your skin like iron
D                                A      
And your breath's as hard as kerosene 
G
You weren't your mama's only boy 
        D                G
But her favorite one, it seems
    Bm                    G          A  
She began to cry when you said "good bye" 
    G              Bm
And sank into your dreams


[Climb]

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[Verse 2]

D                         
Pancho was a bandit, boys 
A
His horse was fast as polished steel 
G
He wore his guns outside his pants 
D                  A
For all the honest world to feel
G                              
Pancho met his match, you know 
       D                     G
On the deserts down in Mex-i-co 
Bm               G     A
Nobody heard his dyin' words 
        G                 Bm
Aw, but that's the way it goes

Bm A


[Chorus]

G                        
All the federales say 
     D                      G
They could have had him any day 
Bm                G      A
They only let him slip a-way 
       G              Bm
Out of kindness, I suppose

Bm A


[Verse 3]

D               
Lefty he can't sing the blues 
A
All night long like he used to 
G
The dust that Pancho bit down South 
D                   A
Ended up in Lefty's mouth
G                               
The day they laid old Pancho low 
D                    G
Lefty split for O-hi-o 
Bm               G        A
Where he got the bread to go 
G                  Bm
There ain't nobody knows

Bm A


[Chorus]

G                        
All the federales say 
     D                    G
They could've had him any day 
Bm              G      A
We only let him slip a-way 
       G              Bm
Out of kindness, I suppose

Bm A


[Instrumental]
G D D G G D G Bm A A G Bm 
Each of these represent about 1 measure, see the video at 2:48

Bm C#m


[Verse 4]

D
Poets tell how Pancho fell 
A
An' Lefty's livin' in cheap hotels 
G
The desert's quiet and Cleveland's cold 
D                            A  
And so the story ends, we're told 
G
Pancho needs your prayers, it's true 
D                         G
But save a few for Lefty, too
Bm                  G      A  
He only did what he had to do 
G                    Bm 
And now he's growin' old

Bm A


[Chorus]

G                        
All the federales say 
   D                    G
We could've had him any day 
Bm           G     A
Only let him go so long
       G              Bm
Out of kindness, I suppose

G                                     
A few gray federales say 
   D                      G
We could have had him any day 
Bm          G     A
We only let go so long
       G              Bm
Out of kindness, I suppose


[Outro]

Bm G D
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