Verse: D# Livinʼ on the road, my friend A# Was gonna keep us free and clean G# But now you wear your skin like iron D# A# And your breathʼs as hard as kerosene G# You werenʼt your mamaʼs only boy D# G# But her favorite one, it seems Cm G# A# She began to cry when you said good bye G# Cm And sank into your dreams D# Pancho was a bandit, boys A# Rode a horse fast as polished steel G# 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 Mexico Cm G# A# No one heard his dyinʼ words G# Cm But thatʼs the way it goes Chorus. G# And all the federales say D# G# They could have had him any day Cm G# A# They only let him slip away G# Cm Out of kindness, I suppose Verse: D# Now Lefty he canʼt sing the blues A# All night long like he used to G# The dust that Pancho bit down South D# A# It ended up in Leftyʼs mouth G# The day they laid old Pancho low D# G# Lefty split for Ohio Cm G# A# Where he got the bread to go G# Cm Well there ainʼt nobody ʼknows Chorus. Verse: D# Now poets sing how Pancho fell A# Leftyʼs livinʼ in a cheap hotel G# The desertʼs quiet and Clevelandʼs cold D# A# And so the story ends, weʼre told G# Pancho needs your prayers, itʼs true D# G# But save a few for Lefty, too Cm G# A# He only did what he had to do G# Cm And now heʼs growinʼ old Chorus. Outro: D# Yes a few old gray federales still say D# G# They could have had him any day Cm G# A# They only let him go so wrong G# Cm Out of kindness, I suppose
