Tuning: E A D G B E

GOIN' DOWN TO MEXICO As recorded by ZZ Top (From the 1971 Album ZZ TOP'S FIRST ALBUM) [Intro] Bb5 C5 Bb5 C5 Bb5 C5 Bb5 C5 [Verse 1]

I was ^F5on ^G5 my way down to Me^Bb5x - i^G5c-o^Bb5 ^C5There was ^F5trou^G5ble on the rise ^Bb5 ^G5 ^Bb5 ^C5It was ^F5not^C5hing more than I'd left^Bb5 ^G5beh^Bb5ind ^C5Which was ^F5much^G5 to my surprise^Bb5 ^G5 ^Bb5 ^C5 I ^C7turned around and lit a cigarette ^C7Wiped the dust off of my boots When ^F5up ^G5ahead I saw^Bb5 the ^G5crowd^Bb5 ^C5 I ^F5knew ^G5it was no use^Bb5 ^G5 ^Bb5 ^C5 It's ^D7been the same way for oh so long It ^C7looks like I'm singing the same^Bb5 old song ^Bb5 ^C5 ^Bb5 ^C5

[Verse 2]

A ^F5fine^G5 and fancy man ^Bb5was ^G5he ^Bb5 ^C5Doing ^F5good th^G5ings for the poor^Bb5 ^C5 ^Bb5 ^C5Giving ^F5rides^G5 in his rocking Eighty-eight^Bb5 for ^G5fre^Bb5e ^C5 They c^F5ould ^G5not hope for more^Bb5 ^G5 ^Bb5 ^C5When it ^C7came my turn he said to me ^C7"Have I seen your face before?" I said,^F5 "^G5Oh no, you must ^Bb5be ^G5wron^Bb5g ^C5 I'm ^F5from ^G5a distant shore"^Bb5 ^G5 ^Bb5 ^C5So ^D7if you don't mind I'll just move along but It looks like^C7 I'm singing the same^Bb5 old song ^Bb7

[Interlude] A7 Bb7 A7 A C D A C D A C D A C D G [Guitar Solo] A7 D7 C7 Bb5 C5 Bb5 C5 [Verse 3]

A ^F5Nineteen Forty mo^Bb5vie ^G5sta^Bb5r ^C5With a ^F5long^G5 forgotten name^Bb5 ^G5 ^Bb5 ^C5She was a ^F5sex^G5y mess in her plea^Bb5ted ^G5dre^Bb5ss ^C5 Still^F5 ha^G5nging on to fame^Bb5 ^G5 ^Bb5 ^C5With for^C7gotten lines she missed her cue ^C7And left a glass of wine at home She was ^F5sin^G5ging the same song that ^Bb5I ^G5was^Bb5 ^C5 ^F5Could ^G5we both be wrong?^Bb5 ^G5 ^Bb5 ^C5 So ^D7hand in hand we walked along, ^C7Each of us singin' the same old song.

[Outro] Bb5 C5 Bb5 C5 Bb5 C5 Bb5 C5 G5

Zz Top - Goin down to mexico