Miss you Dad!
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Hoyt Axton - Poncho and Lefty
Standard Tuning
No capo
[Intro]
Dm F G C
[Verse 1]
C
Livin' on the road my friend
G
Is gonna make you free and clean
F
And now you wear your skin like iron
C G
Your breath's as hot as kerosene
F
You weren't your mamma's only boy
C F
But her favorite one it seems
C Dm
She began to cry when you said, goodbye
F Am
And it sank you to your dream
[Verse 2]
C
Poncho was a bandit beau
G
His horse was fast as polished steel
F
He wore his gun outside his clothes
C G
For all the honest world to feel
F
Poncho met his match you know
C F
On the desert down in Mexico
C Dm
No one heard his dyin' words
F Am
But that's the way it goes
[Chorus]
F
And all the Federales say
C F
They could have had him any day
C Dm
They only let him slip away
F Am
Out of kindness I suppose
[Solo]
F C F C Dm F Am
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[Verse 3]
C
Lefty, he can't sing the blues
G
All night long like he used to do
F
The dust that Poncho bit down south
C G
Ended up in Lefty's mouth
F
The day, they lay poor Poncho low
C F
Lefty split for Ohio
C Dm
Where he got the bread to go
F Am
Well, there ain't nobody knows
[Verse 4]
C
Poets tell how Poncho fell
G
And Lefty's livin' in a cheap hotel
F
The desert's quiet, Cleveland's cold
C G
So the story ends I'm told
F
Poncho needs your prayers, it's true
C F
But save a few for Lefty too
C Dm
He only did what he had to do
F Am
And now he's growin' old
[Chorus]
F
And a few gray Federales say
C F
We could have had him any day
C Dm
They only let him slip away
F Am
Out of kindness I suppose
[Chorus]
F
Said a few gray Federales say
C F
We could have had him any day
C Dm
We only let him go so long
F Am
Out of kindness I suppose
