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 Bm G A She began to cry when you said good bye G Bm 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 Bm G A No one heard his dyinʼ words G Bm But thatʼs the way it goes Chorus. G And all the federales say D G They could have had him any day Bm G A They only let him slip away G Bm 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 Bm G A Where he got the bread to go G Bm 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 Bm G A He only did what he had to do G Bm 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 Bm G A They only let him go so wrong G Bm Out of kindness, I suppose
