Ryan Bingham – Pancho And Lefty (Guitar)
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Ryan Bingham version of the late, great Townes Van Zandt song Pancho and Lefty. Bingham performed this song at
his Amazon Concert: Ryan Bingham Live. Bingham loosely strums and fingerpicks throughout. If you have Amazon
Prime be sure to check out his great concert.
One note about the chords: this is how Ryan Bingham performed the song in concert, he omitted a chorus at the
end and changed the lyrics of the last chorus, missing is "a few grey federales say". Also, I personally like
to add a G in between the Bm and A7 in the verse and chorus. It's up to you.
[Verse]
D Livin' on the road my friend A7 Was gonna keep you free and clean G Now you wear your skin like iron; D A7 Your breath's as hard as kerosene G You weren't your momma's only boy D G But her favorite one, it seems Bm A7 She began to cry when you said goodbye G Bm And sank into your dreams
[Verse]
D Pancho was a bandit, boys A7 His horse was fast as polished steel G Wore his gun outside his pants D A7 For all the honest world to feel G Pancho met his match, you know D G On the deserts down in Mexico Bm A7 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 A7 They only let him slip away G Bm Out of kindness, I suppose
[Verse]
D Lefty, he can't sing the blues A7 All night long like he used to G The dust that Pancho bit down south D A7 Ended up in Lefty's mouth G The day they laid poor Pancho low D G Lefty split for Ohio Bm A7 Where he got the bread to go G Bm There ain't nobody knows
[Instrumental]
Bm D A7 G D A7 G D G Bm A G Bm D
[Verse]
D The poets tell how Pancho fell; A7 Lefty's living in a cheap hotel G The desert's quiet; Cleveland's cold D A7 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 A7 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 A7 They only let him go so wrong G Bm Out of kindness, I suppose