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Intro
Verse 1
Living on the road my friend, is gonna keep you free and clean
Now you wear your skin like iron,
Your breath's as hard as kerosene
You weren't your mama's only boy, but her favorite one it seems
She began to cry when you said goodbye,
And sank into your dreams
Verse 2
Pancho was a bandit, boys, his horse was fast as polished steel
He wore his gun outside his pants
For all the honest world to feel
Pancho met his match you know on the deserts down in Mexico
And nobody heard his dying words, ah but that's the way it goes
Chorus
All the Federales say they could have had him any day
They only let him slip away out of kindness, I suppose
Verse 3
Lefty, he can't sing the blues all night long like he used to.
The dust that Pancho bit down south ended up in Lefty's mouth
The day they laid poor Pancho low, Lefty split for Ohio
Where he got the bread to go, there ain't nobody knows
Chorus
All the Federales say could have had him any day
We only let him slip away out of kindness, I suppose
Solo
| F | F | C | F |
| Am | F C | G | G | F |
| Am | Am G |
Verse 4
The poets tell how Pancho fell, Lefty's living in a cheap hotel
The desert's quiet and Cleveland's cold,
And so the story ends we're told
Pancho needs your prayers it's true, but save a few for Lefty too
He only did what he had to do, and now he's growing old
Chorus
All the Federales say could have had him any day
We only let him slip away out of kindness, I suppose
A few gray Federales say could have had him any day
We only let him go so long, out of of kindness, I suppose
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