D
Living on the road my friend
A
Was gonna keep you free and clean
G
Now you wear your skin like iron
     D                   A
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 goodbye
    G              Bm
And sank into your dreams


[Verse 2]
D
Pancho was a bandit boys
A
His horse was fast as polished steel
G
Wore his gun 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
Nobody heard his dying words
    G              Bm
That's the way it goes


[Chorus]

G
All the federales say
D                       G
They could have had him any day
Bm                G     A
They only let him hang around
       G             Bm
Out of kindness I suppose


[Verse 3]
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            A
Ended up in Lefty's mouth
G
The day they laid poor Pancho low
D                G
Lefty split for Ohio
Bm                G        A
Where he got the bread to go
      G               Bm
There ain't nobody knows


[Chorus]

G
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


[Verse 4]
D
The poets tell how Pancho fell
A
Lefty's livin' in a cheap hotel
  G
The desert's quiet and Cleveland's cold
   D           A
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 just did what he had to do
   G              Bm
Now he's growing old


[Chorus]

G
All the federales say
D                       G
They could have had him any day
Bm                G     A
They only let him hang around
       G             Bm
Out of kindness I suppose

G
All the federales say
D                       G
They could have had him any day
Bm                G     A
They only let him hang around
       G             Bm
Out of kindness I suppose