C Em
This old highway seems so lonesome when you're going where you've been
F G7
And a lonesome song can make you cry time and time again
C Am
If I had listened to a friend of mine ten years ago today
F G7
I'd have a better job than what I've got today
C Em
But the billboards on the highway and the brake lights on the cars
F G7
Make me jump out on the highway with my bag and my guitar
C Am
If she comes or if she goes it doesn't matter anymore
F G7 C
Cause I'm ridin' my thumb to Mexico
F G7 C E7 Am
Ridin' my thumb to Mexi--co-oo-o
F G7 C
It don't matter when or how I go
F C Em Am
I'm ridin' my thumb til I see her again
C F G7 C
So I'll ride my thumb to Mexico
Em
The reason why she left me's not the reason that I'm here
F G7
I'm a travlin' kind of man just need a change of atmosphere
C Am
If there's any place I haven't been at all that's where I'll go
C F G7 C
So I'll ride my thumb to Mexico
F G7 C E7 Am
Ridin' my thumb to Mexi-co-oo-o
F G7 C
It don't matter when or how I go
F C Em Am
I'm ridin' my thumb til I see her again
C F G7 C
So I'll ride my thumb to Mexico