Willie Nelson

^D Living on the road my friend, ^A is gonna keep you free and clean
^G Now you wear your skin like iron,
Your ^D breath as hard as ^A kerosene.
^G You weren't your mama's only boy, but her ^D favorite one it ^G seems
^D She began to cry when you ^G said ^D goodb ^A ye,
And ^G sank into your ^Bm dreams. ^{Bm A D
D} Pancho was a bandit boy, ^A his horse was fast as polished steel
^G He wore his gun outside his pants
For ^D all the honest world to ^A feel.
^G Pancho met his match you know on the ^D deserts down in ^G Mexico
^D Nobody heard his ^G dyi ^D ng ^A words, ah but ^G that's the way it ^Bm goes. ^{Bm A G
G} All the Federales say ^D they could have had him ^G any day
^D They only let him ^G slip ^D awa ^A y out of ^G kindness, I sup ^Bm pose.
^{Bm A D 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 ended up in ^A Lefty's mouth
^G The day they laid poor Pancho low, ^D Lefty split for ^G Ohio
^D Where he got the ^G bread ^D to g ^A o, there ^G ain't nobody ^Bm knows
^{Bm A G G} All the Federales say ^D they could have had him ^G any day
^D They only let him ^G slip ^D awa ^A y out of ^G kindness, I sup ^Bm pose. ^{Bm A D
D} The boys tell how Pancho fell, and ^A Lefty's living in cheap hotels
^G The desert's quiet, Cleveland's cold,
^D And so the story ^A ends we're told
^G Pancho needs your prayers it's true, but ^D save a few for ^G Lefty too
^D He only did what he ^G had ^D to ^A do, and ^G now he's growing ^Bm old
^{Bm A G G} All the Federales say ^D they could have had him ^G any day
^D They only let him ^G slip ^D awa ^A y out of ^G kindness, I sup ^Bm pose.
^{Bm A G G} A few gray Federales say ^D they could have had him ^G any day
^D They only let him ^G slip ^D awa ^A y out of ^G kindness, I sup ^D pose. ^{G A D}
notes on playing:
^D She began to cry when you ^G said ^D goodb ^A ye,
Try playing the G D A as:
^{G D A}
And ^G sank into your ^Bm dreams. ^{Bm A D
and} ah but t ^G hat's the way it g ^Bm oes. ^{Bm A G}
The transitions at the ends of these lines are similar. Play the Bm like:
^{Bm
Bm A D Bm A G}
And throughout the song, as you strum or pick your way merrily along,
try to keep an alternating bass line going, it gives the song a lot
of it's character.
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