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] away [A] [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 long [A] [G] Out of kindness, [Bm] I suppose [A] [G] [D]