Maybe Mexico chords by Jerry Jeff Walker

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Key: E

Intro:

E  A  x6


Verse 1:
     E          A       E     A
The whole world's topsy-turvy
     E                  A       E     A
You feel like you're upside down
E         A       E           A
Everyday it's a push-and-shove
    E               A          E     A
Of people tryin' to get around
E          A           E              A
Working hard trying to make some bread
          E               A        E     A
Trying to get it 'fore it gets away
     E             A                E        A
It's too bad how a man must work to get along
       E                A             E        A
But to live you know he needs the pay
    E       A                   E          A
The city is a place in which to build your dreams
       E                   A     E        A
It's a chance to give your ideas life
  E             A                E        A
A man gets a longing for some county green
     E             A                E        A
He'd just like some peace and quiet
           E    A              E        A
Peace and quiet, peace and quiet

Chorus:
     E
So I ought to be up and leaving this town
A                   Esus4
headed down an open road
     E
With all that you own kinda thrown on the back seat
A                           E
Thinking 'bout where you'll go
          F#m7    Esus4
Maybe New Orleans
          E
maybe Mexico
     A       E
Yeah, got to go
        A E                  A
Yeah Mom, I got to get out of here
E                      A   E                  A
Don't you know, yeah babe, I got to head on down


Interlude:
E A  x3


Verse 2:
     E             A      E                   A
If only you could pack up everything you love
     E          A       E           A
And everyone who'd ever been your friend
     E          A       E     A
Keeping close to you the things that make you strong
     E          A       E     A
Carry them with you around the bend
     E          A       E     A
The fear to move and meet the new can keep you in line
     E          A       E     A
To go you know that somethin' stays behind
     E          A       E     A
Separate the good and bad and take along the kind
     E          A       E     A
To the place you'd like to be and right on time, time


Chorus:
     E
So I ought to be up and leaving this town
A                   Esus4
headed down an open road
     E
With all that you own kinda thrown on the back seat
A                           E
Thinking 'bout where you'll go
          F#m7    Esus4
Maybe New Orleans
          E
maybe Mexico
     A       E
Yeah, got to go
        A E                  A
Yeah Mom, I got to get out of here
E                      A   E                  A
Don't you know, yeah babe, I got to head on down


Chorus:
     E
So I ought to be up and leaving this town
A                   Esus4
headed down an open road
     E
With all that you own kinda thrown on the back seat
A                           E
Thinking 'bout where you'll go
          F#m7    Esus4
Maybe New Orleans
          E
maybe Mexico
     A       E
Yeah, got to go
        A E                  A
Yeah Mom, I got to get out of here
E                      A   E                  A
Don't you know, yeah babe, I got to head on down


Outro:
E
Stop off down in Austin Texas see some friends of mine
E
Yeah yeah, down near the border
E
Down near the border
E
Down near the border
E
Down near the border