Townes Van Zandt — Pancho and Lefty

    	    	Вступление

D
Livin' on the road, my friend 
 A
Was gonna keep us free and clean 
 G
But now you wear your skin like iron 
 D                              A
And your breath's as hard as kerosene 
 G
You weren't your mama's only boy 
 D                         G
But her favorite one, it seems 
 Bm                               G    A
She began to cry when you said good bye 
 G                   Bm
And sank into your dreams 

 D
Pancho was a bandit, boys 
 A
Rode a horse fast as polished steel 
 G
Wore his guns outside his pants 
 D                         A
For all the honest world to feel 
 G
Pancho met his match, you know 
 D                    G
On the deserts down in Mexico 
 Bm                      G  A
No one heard his dyin' words 
 G                   Bm
But that's the way it goes 

Chorus:
 G
And all the federales say 
 D                           G
They could have had him any day 
 Bm                 G    A
They only let him slip away 
       G               Bm
Out of kindness, I suppose 

 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                    A
It ended up in Lefty's mouth 
 G
The day they laid old Pancho low 
 D                  G
Lefty split for Ohio 
 Bm                      G   A
Where he got the bread to go 
 G                     Bm
Well there ain't nobody 'knows 

Chorus

 D
Now poets sing how Pancho fell 
 A
Lefty's livin' in a cheap hotel 
 G
The desert's quiet and Cleveland's cold 
 D                         A
And so the story ends, we're told 
 G
Pancho needs your prayers, it's true 
 D                           G
But save a few for Lefty, too 
 Bm                          G  A
He only did what he had to do 
 G                   Bm
And now he's growin' old 

Chorus

Final Chorus:
 D
Yes a few old gray federales still say 
 D                            G
They could have had him any day 
 Bm                     G      A
They only let him go so wrong 
       G                Bm
Out of kindness, I suppose