#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. Please do not post anywhere else without authors pemission. Due to the cut and paste deal, the rythem may be off. (I.E. where the chords are located in comparason to the words. but you should be able to figure it out. (Verse 1) Livin' on the road, my friend Was gonna keep us free and clean But now you wear your skin like iron And 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 good bye And sank into your dreams (Verse 2) Pancho was a bandit, boys Rode a horse fast as polished steel Wore his guns outside his pants For all the honest world to feel Pancho met his match, you know On the deserts down in Mexico No one heard his dyin' words But that's the way it goes (Chorus) And all the federales say They could have had him any day They only let him slip away Out of kindness, I suppose (Verse 3) Now Lefty he can't sing the blues All night long like he used to The dust that Pancho bit down South It ended up in Lefty's mouth The day they laid old Pancho low Lefty split for Ohio Where he got the bread to go Well there ain't nobody 'knows (Chorus) (Verse 4) Now poets sing how Pancho fell Lefty's livin' 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 growin' old (Chorus) (Final Chorus) Yes a few old gray federales still say They could have had him any day They only let him go so wrong Out of kindness, I suppose Re-Typed Tabbed And Edited For Beginners by RemyCain