Pancho And Lefty Chords

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Pancho And Lefty by Townes Van Zandt is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, A, G, D/C#, D4/B, A7 and Bm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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D
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16
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  			I also lead into the verse with   
e+-----------2--  
b+--2--3--5-----  
g+--------------  then picking out of the D chord, etc.   
d+-----------0--  
a+--0--2--4-----  
e+--------------  

D  
Livin' on the road, my friend,   
A  
Was gonna keep us free and clean,   
G  
But now you wear your skin like iron  
        D           D/C#    D4/B       A  
And you breath's as hard as kerosene.  
G  
You weren't your mama's only boy  
        D        D/C#    D4/B  
But her favorite one, it seems.   
    D  
She began to cry  
         D/C# D4/B A    A7  
When you said good bye   
    G             Bm  
And sank into your dreams.   
  
(same chords as first verse)   
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,   
in the deserts down in Mexico.   
No one heard his dying words   
But that's the way it goes.  
  
Chorus (words change slightly, each time)   
G  
And all the federales say   
     D        D/C#    D4/B  
They could've had him any day.   
      D    D/C#    D4/B     A   A7  
They only let him slip away   
       G               Bm  
Out of kindness, I suppose.

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante