Pancho And Lefty

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 F But her favorite one, it seems Am F G She began to cry when you said good bye F Am And sank into your dreams 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 F On the deserts down in Mexico Am F G Nobody 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 Am F G They only let him hang around F Am Out of kindness, I suppose 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 F Lefty split for Ohio Am F G Where he got the bread to go F Am ahh there ain't nobody 'knows 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 F But save a few for Lefty, too Am F G He only did what he had to do F Am And now he's growin' old F Yes a few old gray federales still say C F They could have had him any day Am F G They only let him go so wrong F Am Out of kindness, I suppose