Lirik dan Chord Lagu Goin’ Down to Mexico - ZZ Top

Lagu bergenre rock tersebut dirilis pada 1971 melalui label London Recordings.

“Goin’ Down to Mexico” muncul dalam album studio pertama mereka yang bertajuk ZZ Top’s First Album.

Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Goin’ Down to Mexico” dari ZZ Top.

[Intro]
Bb5 C5 Bb5 C5
Bb5 C5 Bb5 C5

[Verse 1]
          F5 G5                        Bb5 G5 Bb5
I was on my way down to Mex - ic-o
C5              F5 G5               Bb5 G5 Bb5
There was trouble on the rise
C5         F5 C5                       Bb5 G5 Bb5
It was nothing more than I'd left behind
C5                 F5 G5                Bb5 G5 Bb5
Which was much to my surprise
C5 C7
I turned around and lit a cigarette
C7
Wiped the dust off of my boots
           F5 G5           Bb5      G5     Bb5 C5
When up ahead I saw the crowd
    F5   G5              Bb5 G5 Bb5 C5
I knew it was no use
        D7
It's been the same way for oh so long
      C7                                       Bb5       Bb5 C5 Bb5 C5
It looks like I'm singing the same old song

[Verse 2]
    F5 G5                     Bb5 G5 Bb5
A fine and fancy man was he
C5       F5       G5                  Bb5 C5 Bb5
Doing good things for the poor
C5       F5   G5                                  Bb5   G5 Bb5 C5
Giving rides in his rocking Eighty-eight for free
          F5     G5                   Bb5 G5 Bb5
They could not hope for more
C5          C7
When it came my turn he said to me
C7
"Have I seen your face before?"
         F5 G5                     Bb5 G5   Bb5 C5
I said, "Oh no, you must be wrong
       F5 G5                  Bb5 G5 Bb5
I'm from a distant shore"
C5 D7
So if you don't mind I'll just move along but
                 C7                             Bb5        Bb7
It looks like I'm singing the same old song

[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]
    F5                      Bb5 G5 Bb5
A Nineteen Forty movie star
C5        F5 G5               Bb5 G5 Bb5
With a long forgotten name
C5               F5 G5                       Bb5 G5 Bb5 C5
She was a sexy mess in her pleated dress
         F5 G5               Bb5 G5 Bb5
Still hanging on to fame
C5        C7
With forgotten lines she missed her cue
C7
And left a glass of wine at home
                 F5 G5                               Bb5 G5 Bb5 C5
She was singing the same song that I was
F5       G5                    Bb5 G5 Bb5 C5
Could we both be wrong?
       D7
So hand in hand we walked along,
C7
Each of us singin' the same old song.

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