Riding My Thumb To Mexico Chords
Riding My Thumb To Mexico by Johnny Rodriguez is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, Em, F, G7, Am and E7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
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