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Pancho And Lefty [D] - Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard [Intro] [D] [A] [G] [D] [Verse 1] [D] Livin' on the road my friend, [A] was gonna keep us free and clean [G] But now you wear you skin like iron, [D]and your breath's as hard as [A]kerosene [G] You weren't your momma's only boy, [D]but her favorite one, it [G]seems [Bm] She began to cry when you [G]said [D]good-[A]bye [G] And sank into your [Bm]dreams[A] [Verse 2] [D] Pancho was a bandit, boys. [A] His horse was fast, as polished steel [G] He wore his gun outside his pants, [D]for all the honest [A]world to feel [G] Pancho met his match you know, [D]on the deserts down in [G]Mexico [Bm] Nobody heard his [G]dy[D]ing [A]words [G]Aw but that's the way it [Bm]goes[A] |[Chorus] |[G] All the federales say, [D]they could have had him [G]any day |[Bm] They only let him [G]slip [D]away[A] [G]Out of kindness, [Bm]I suppose[A] [Verse 3] [D] Now 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 [Bm]Where he got the [G]bread [D]to [A]go [G]There ain't nobody [Bm]knows[A] |[Chorus] |[G] All the federales say, [D]they could have had him [G]any day |[Bm] They only let him [G]slip [D]away[A] [G]Out of kindness, [Bm]I suppose[A] Instrumental verse: [D] [A] [G] [D] [A] [G] [D] [G] [Bm] [G] [A] [G] [Bm] [A] [Verse 4] [D] Now poets sing how Pancho fell, and[A] Lefty's living in cheap hotels [G] The desert's quiet and Cleveland's cold, and [D]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 [Bm] He only did what he [G]had [D]to [A]do. [G]And now, he's growing [Bm]old[A] |[Chorus] |[G] All the federales say, [D]they could have had him [G]any day |[Bm] They only let him [G]slip [D]awa[A]y [G]Out of kindness, [Bm]I suppose[A] [Outro] [G] A few gray federales say, [D]they could have had him [G]any day [Bm] They only let him [G]go [D]so [A]long [A] [G]Out of kindness, [Bm]I suppose[A][G][D]