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Steve Earle - Pancho And Lefty chords
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tab by jofo 30/5/09 add some hammer on's when playing the Am c g f am * e-------------------------------------------------------| b------1----------1------1----1---------1-1-1-----------| g------0----------0------2----2---------2-2-2-----------| d------2-----------------3----2---------3/2/0-----------| a------3----------2-------------------------------------| e-----------------3-------------------------------------| [ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/s/steve-earle/187385.html ] c Livin' on the road, my friend g Was gonna keep us free and clean f now you wear your skin like iron c g And your breath's as hard as kerosene f weren't your mama's only boy c But her favorite one, it seems am * g She began to cry when you said good bye f am And sank into your dreams (Verse 2) c Pancho was a bandit, boys g horse fast as polished steel f Wore his guns outside his pants c g For all the honest world to feel f Pancho met his match, you know c g On the deserts down in Mexico am * g Nobody heard his dyin' words f am But that's the way it goes (Chorus) f And all the federales say c g They could have had him any day am (* g They only let him hang around f am Out of kindness, I suppose (Verse 3) c Lefty he can't sing the blues g All night long like he used to f The dust that Pancho bit down South c g It ended up in Lefty's mouth f The day they laid poor Pancho low c g Lefty split for Ohio am * g Where he got the bread to go f am ahh there ain't nobody 'knows (Chorus) (Verse 4) c poets tell how Pancho fell g Lefty's livin' in a cheap hotel f The desert's quiet and Cleveland's cold c g And so the story ends, we're told f Pancho needs your prayers, it's true c g But save a few for Lefty, too Bm * g He only did what he had to do f am And now he's growin' old (Chorus) (Final Chorus) f Yes a few old gray federales still say c g They could have had him any day am * g They only let him go so wrong f am Out of kindness, I suppose  |