C                                             Em
This old highway seems so lonesome when you're goin' where you've been
Fm                                    G7
And a lonesome song can make you cry time and time again
 C                       E7                 Am
If I had listened to a friend of mine ten years ago today
             Fm                             G7
I'd have a better job than what I've got today


[Verse 2]
  C                                          Em
But the billboards on the highways and the brake lights on the cars
          Fm                             G7
Make me jump out on the highway with my bag and my guitar
C                                       Em
If she comes or if she goes it doesn't matter anymore
             Fm         G7       C
'Cause I'm ridin' my thumb to Mexico


[Chorus]
  Fm         G7       C   E7 Am
Ridin' my thumb to Mexico
 Fm               G7           C
It don't matter when or how I go
  Fm             G7          C   E7    Am
I'll ride this thumb 'til I see her again
          Fm        G7       C
So I'm ridin' my thumb to Mexico


[Verse 3]
  C                                          Em
Well the reason why she left me's not the reason that I'm here
          Fm                              G7
I'm a traveling kind of man just need a change of atmosphere
            C            E7             Am
If there's any place I haven't been at all that's where I'll go
          Fm       G7        C
So I'm ridin' my thumb to Mexico


[Chorus]
   Fm        G7       C  E7 Am
Ridin' my thumb to Mexico
 Fm              G7            C
It don't matter when or how I go
 Fm             G7           C   E7    Am
I'll ride this thumb 'til I see her again
        Fm         G7        C
So I'm ridin' my thumb to Mexico