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Download# From: jk13@aol.com (JK13) {t:Pancho And Lefty} {st:Townes Van Zandt} [D]Living on the road my friend,[A] is gonna keep you free and clean [G]Now you wear your skin like iron, Your [D]breath as hard as [A]kerosene. [G]You weren't your mama's only boy, but her [D]favorite one it [G]seems [D]She began to cry when you [G]said [D]goodb[A]ye, And [G]sank into your [Bm]dreams.[Bm] [A] [D] [D]Pancho was a bandit boy,[A] his horse was fast as polished steel [G]He wore his gun outside his pants For [D]all the honest world to [A]feel. [G]Pancho met his match you know on the [D]deserts down in [G]Mexico [D]Nobody heard his [G]dyi[D]ng [A]words, ah but [G]that's the way it [Bm]goes.[Bm] [A] [G] [G]All the Federales say[D] they could have had him [G]any day [D]They only let him [G]slip [D]awa[A]y out of [G]kindness, I sup[Bm]pose. [Bm] [A] [D] [D]Lefty, he can't sing the blues [A]all night long like he used to. [G]The dust that Pancho bit down south [D]ended up in [A]Lefty's mouth [G]The day they laid poor Pancho low, [D]Lefty split for [G]Ohio [D]Where he got the [G]bread [D]to g[A]o, there [G]ain't nobody [Bm]knows [Bm] [A] [G] [G]All the Federales say[D] they could have had him [G]any day [D]They only let him [G]slip [D]awa[A]y out of [G]kindness, I sup[Bm]pose.[Bm] [A] [D] [D]The boys tell how Pancho fell, and [A]Lefty's living in cheap hotels [G]The desert's quiet, Cleveland's cold, [D]And so the story [A]ends we're told [G]Pancho needs your prayers it's true, but [D]save a few for [G]Lefty too [D]He only did what he [G]had [D]to [A]do, and [G]now he's growing [Bm]old [Bm] [A] [G] [G]All the Federales say [D]they could have had him [G]any day [D]They only let him [G]slip [D]awa[A]y out of [G]kindness, I sup[Bm]pose. [Bm] [A] [G] [G]A few gray Federales say [D]they could have had him [G]any day [D]They only let him [G]slip [D]awa[A]y out of [G]kindness, I sup[D]pose. [G] [A] [D] notes on playing: [D]She began to cry when you [G]said [D]goodb[A]ye, {sot} Try playing the G D A as: |-s-[G]3--[D]2---[A]- |-s-3--3---2 |-s-4--2---2 |----------2 |----------- |----------- {eot} And [G]sank into your [Bm]dreams.[Bm] [A] [D] and ah but t[G]hat's the way it g[Bm]oes. [Bm] [A] [G] {sot} The transitions at the ends of these lines are similar. Play the Bm like: |---[Bm]2------- |---3------- And then walk the bass line up or down the 5th string |---4------- to make the change to the final D or G. It's a quick |---4------- transition. |---2------- |----------- |---[Bm]2---[A]---[D]2 |---[Bm]2---[A]---[G]3 |---3------3 |---3------0 |---4------2 |---4------0 |---4------- |---4------0 |---2---4--- |---2---0--2 |----------- |----------3 {eot}