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[Verse 1] A E  Livin on the road my friend , is gonna keep you free and clean D  And now you wear your skin like iron A E  And your breath as hard as kerosene D A  Weren't your momma's only boy, but her favorite one it seemed D F#m D A/C# E     She began to cry when you said goodbye

[Pre-Chorus] D F#m E/G#  And sank into your dreams

[Verse 2] A E  Pancho was a bandit boy, his horse was fast as polished steel D  He wore his gun outside his pants A E  For all the honest world to feel D A D  Pancho met his match, you know, on the deserts down in Mexico F#m D A/C# E   Nobody heard his dyin words,

[Pre-Chorus] D F#m E/G#  ah but that's the way it goes

[Chorus] D A D  All the Federales say, they could've had him any day F#m D A/C# E D F#m   They only let him slip a___way, out of kindness, I suppose

[Verse 3] A E  Lefty, he can't sing the blues all night long like he used to D A E  The dust that Pancho bit down south ended up in Lefty's mouth D A D  The day they laid poor Pancho low, Lefty split for Ohio F#m D A/C# E D F#m E/G#   Where he got the bread to go, there ain't nobody knows

[Chorus] D A D  All the Federales say, they could've had him any day F#m D A/C# E D F#m   They only let him slip a___way, out of kindness, I suppose

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[Verse 4] A E  The poets tell how old Pancho fell, and Lefty's livin in cheap hotels D  The desert's quiet, Cleveland's cold A E  And so the story ends, we're told D A D  Pancho needs your prayers it's true, but save a few for Lefty too F#m D A/C# E D F#m E/G#   He only did what he had to do, and now he's growing old

[Chorus] D A D  All the Federales say, they could've had him any day F#m D A/C# E D F#m   They only let him go so long, out of kindness I suppose

[Outro] D A D  A few gray Federales say, they could've had him any day F#m D A/C# E D   They only let him go so long, out of kindness I suppose F#m D E A