[ Предположительная тональность: G ] Pancho and Lefty (Townes Van Zandt) [Verse 1] G Livin' on the road, my friend D Was gonna keep us free and clean C But now you wear your skin like iron G D And your breath's as hard as kerosene C You weren't your mama's only boy G C But her favorite one, it seems Em C D She began to cry when you said good bye C Em And sank into your dreams [Verse 2] G Pancho was a bandit, boys D Rode a horse fast as polished steel C Wore his guns outside his pants G D For all the honest world to feel C Pancho met his match, you know G C On the deserts down in Mexico Em C D No one heard his dyin' words C Em But that's the way it goes [Chorus] C And all the federales say G C They could have had him any day Em C D They only let him slip away C Em Out of kindness, I suppose [Verse 3] G Now Lefty he can't sing the blues D All night long like he used to C The dust that Pancho bit down South G D It ended up in Lefty's mouth C The day they laid old Pancho low G D Lefty split for Ohio Em C D Where he got the bread to go C Em Well there ain't nobody 'knows [Chorus] C But all the federales say G C They could have had him any day Em C D They only let him slip away C Em Out of kindness, I suppose [Verse 4] G Now poets sing how Pancho fell D Lefty's livin' in a cheap hotel C The desert's quiet and Cleveland's cold G D And so the story ends, we're told C Pancho needs your prayers, it's true G D But save a few for Lefty, too Em C D He only did what he had to do C Em And now he's growin' old [Chorus] C And all the federales say G C They could have had him any day Em C D They only let him slip away C Em Out of kindness, I suppose C Yes a few old gray federales still say G C They could have had him any day Em C D They only let him go so wrong C Em Out of kindness, I suppose