Down In Mexico

C G F G F I'm down in Mexico, had to go, C B C Won't be home no more G F G F I want mom and dad to know, I miss and love them so C G C Though I'll never see them anymore. C F G C The day that I turned twenty one I could hardly wait F G C To say goodbye to mom and dad and shake the hand of fate F G C Fate was with me from the start, until that fateful day F G C A big man he took my sweetheart and I took his life away. I stood and watched the man as he fell And then I heard the policemen's whistle blow And when I thought about that prison cell I thought about old Mexico.