Poncho And Lefty

Dm F G C C Livin' on the road my friend G Is gonna make you free and clean F And now you wear your skin like iron C G Your breath's as hot as kerosene F You weren't your mamma's only boy C F But her favorite one it seems C Dm She began to cry when you said, goodbye F Am And it sank you to your dream C Poncho was a bandit beau G His horse was fast as polished steel F He wore his gun outside his clothes C G For all the honest world to feel F Poncho met his match you know C F On the desert down in Mexico C Dm No one heard his dyin' words F Am But that's the way it goes F And all the Federales say C F They could have had him any day C Dm They only let him slip away F Am Out of kindness I suppose F C F C Dm F Am |1234|1234|1234|1234|1234|1234|1234|1234|1234|1234 C Lefty, he can't sing the blues G All night long like he used to do F The dust that Poncho bit down south C G Ended up in Lefty's mouth F The day, they lay poor Poncho low C F Lefty split for Ohio C Dm Where he got the bread to go F Am Well, there ain't nobody knows C Poets tell how Poncho fell G And Lefty's livin' in a cheap hotel F The desert's quiet, Cleveland's cold C G So the story ends I'm told F Poncho needs your prayers, it's true C F But save a few for Lefty too C Dm He only did what he had to do F Am And now he's growin' old F And a few gray Federales say C F We could have had him any day C Dm They only let him slip away F Am Out of kindness I suppose F Said a few gray Federales say C F We could have had him any day C Dm We only let him go so long F Am Out of kindness I suppose