Pancho And Lefty
Townes Van Zandt • Key:
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Pancho And Lefty
Townes Van Zandt
#From: jk13@aol.com (JK13)
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,
Try playing the G D A as:
|-s-[G]3--[D]2---[A]-
|-s-3--3---2
|-s-4--2---2
|----------2
|-----------
|-----------
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
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
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