D Livin' on the road, my friend
A Was gonna keep us free and clean
G But now you wear your skin like iron
D And your breath's as hard as ke A rosene
G You weren't your mama's only boy
D But her favorite one, it s G eems
Bm She began to cry when you said go G od bye A
G And sank into your d Bm reams
(Verse 2)
D Pancho was a bandit, boys
A Rode a horse fast as polished steel
G Wore his guns outside his pants
D For all the honest world t A o feel
G Pancho met his match, you know
D On the deserts down i G n Mexico
Bm No one heard his dyin' w G ords A
G But that's the way i Bm t goes
(Chorus)
G And all the federales say
D They could have had him any G day
Bm They only let him s G lip a A way
Out of G kindness, I supp Bm ose
(Verse 3)
D Now Lefty he can't sing the blues
A All night long like he used to
G The dust that Pancho bit down South
D It ended up in Lefty' A s mouth
G The day they laid old Pancho low
D Lefty split for Ohio G
Bm Where he got the bread t G o go A
G Well there ain't nobod Bm y 'knows
(Chorus)
(Verse 4)
D Now poets sing how Pancho fell
A Lefty's livin' in a cheap hotel
G The desert's quiet and Cleveland's cold
D And so the story ends, we' A re told
G Pancho needs your prayers, it's true
D But save a few for Lefty, to G o
Bm He only did what he had to d G o A
G And now he's growin' Bm old
(Chorus)
(Final Chorus)
D Yes a few old gray federales still say
D They could have had him any d G ay
Bm They only let him go so G wrong A
Out of G kindness, I suppo Bm se
Re-Typed Tabbed And Edited For Beginners by RemyCain
Willie Nelson
