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(Verse 1)
RE
Livin' on the road, my friend
LA
Was gonna keep us free and clean
SOL
But now you wear your skin like iron
RE LA
And your breath's as hard as kerosene
SOL
You weren't your mama's only boy
RE SOL
But her favorite one, it seems
SIm SOL LA
She began to cry when you said good bye
SOL SIm
And sank into your dreams
(Verse 2)
RE
Pancho was a bandit, boys
LA
Rode a horse fast as polished steel
SOL
Wore his guns outside his pants
RE LA
For all the honest world to feel
SOL
Pancho met his match, you know
RE SOL
On the deserts down in Mexico
SIm SOL LA
No one heard his dyin' words
SOL SIm
But that's the way it goes
(Chorus)
SOL
And all the federales say
RE SOL
They could have had him any day
SIm SOL LA
They only let him slip away
SOL SIm
Out of kindness, I suppose
(Verse 3)
RE
Now Lefty he can't sing the blues
LA
All night long like he used to
SOL
The dust that Pancho bit down South
RE LA
It ended up in Lefty's mouth
SOL
The day they laid old Pancho low
RE SOL
Lefty split for Ohio
SIm SOL LA
Where he got the bread to go
SOL SIm
Well there ain't nobody 'knows
(Chorus)
(Verse 4)
RE
Now poets sing how Pancho fell
LA
Lefty's livin' in a cheap hotel
SOL
The desert's quiet and Cleveland's cold
RE LA
And so the story ends, we're told
SOL
Pancho needs your prayers, it's true
RE SOL
But save a few for Lefty, too
SIm SOL LA
He only did what he had to do
SOL SIm
And now he's growin' old
(Chorus)
(Final Chorus)
RE
Yes a few old gray federales still say
RE SOL
They could have had him any day
SIm SOL LA
They only let him go so wrong
SOL SIm
Out of kindness, I suppose
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