Townes Van Zandt - Poncho & Lefty guitar chord

Poncho & Lefty

Townes Van Zandt

I think this is pretty close to Townes'

version as opposed to Willie Nelson's

arrangement which is quite nice and different

than this. I like to capo on 1 but

it's not necessary. I suck at guitar

playing so feel free to add or correct

anything here.

C G7

Livin' on the road my friend is gonna keep you free and clean

F C

Now you wear your skin like iron, your breath's hard as

G7

kerosene

F C F

You weren't your momma's only boy, but her favorite one it seems

C Dm F

Began to cry when you said, "good-bye", sank into your

Am

dreams.

Poncho was a bandit boys, his horse was fast as polished steel

He wore his gun outside his pants for all the honest world to feel

Poncho met his match, ya know, on the desert down in Mexico

No one heard his dyin' words, but that's the way it goes.

F C F

All the Federales say, they could'a had him any day

C Dm F Am

They only let him go so long, out of kindness I suppose.

Lefty he can't sing the blues, anymore like he used to

The dust that Poncho bit down south, ended up in Lefty's mouth

The day they laid poor Poncho low, Lefty split for O-hio

Where he got the bread to go, ain't nobody knows.

Chorus: (slip away)

The poets tell how Poncho fell, Lefty's livin' in a cheap hotel

The desert's quiet, Cleveland's cold and so the story ends, we're told

Poncho needs your prayers it's true, but save a few for Lefty too

He only did what he had to do but now he's growin' old.

Chorus: (slip away)

Chorus: (go so wrong)