Artist: | Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard (English) |
User: | Jeff Gambone |
Duration: | 130 seconds |
Delay: | 12 seconds |
Chord names: | Not defined |
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Comment: |
This version is in the Key of "D" and I added more Chords for clarity |
Intro
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Verse 1
D D
Livin' on the road, my friend
A A
Is gonna keep you free and clean
G G
And now you wear your skin like iron
D A
And your breath's as hard as kerosene
G G
You weren't your mama's only boy
D G
But her favorite one, it seems
D D ( G D A )
She began to cry when you said goodbye
A G Bm Bm A D
(And) sank into your dreams
Verse 2
D D
Pancho was a bandit, boys
A D
His horse fast as polished steel
G G
He wore his guns outside his pants
D A
For all the honest world to feel
G G
Well,Pancho met his match, you know
D G
On the deserts down in Mexico
D ( G D A )
Nobody heard his dyin'words
A G Bm Bm A G
Ah, but that's the way it goes
Chorus
G G
And all the federales say
D G
They could have had him any day
Bm G D A
They only let him slip a-way
A G Bm Bm A D
Out of kindness, I suppose
Verse 3
D D
Lefty he can't sing the blues
A A
All night long like he used to
G . G
The dust that Pancho bit down South
D A
Ended up in Lefty's mouth
G G
The day they laid old Pancho low
D G
Lefty split for Ohio
D ( G D A A
Where he got the bread to go
G Bm Bm A G
There ain't nobody knows
Chorus
G G
And all the federales say
D G
They could have had him any day
D ( G D A )
They only let him slip a-way
A G Bm Bm A D
Out of kindness, I suppose
Verse 4
D D
The poets tell how Pancho fell
A A
And Lefty's livin' in a cheap hotel
G G
The desert's quiet, and Cleveland's cold
D A
And so the story ends, we're told
G G
Pancho needs your prayers, it's true
D G
But save a few for Lefty, too
D ( G D A )
He only did what he had to do
A G Bm Bm A G
And now he's growin' old
Chorus
G G
All the federales say
D G
They could have had him any day
D ( G D A )
They only let him slip a-way
A G Bm Bm A G
Out of kindness, I suppose
Final Chorus
G G
A few gray federales say
D G
They could have had him any day
D G D A
They only let him go so long
A G D G A D
Out of kindness, I suppose