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C5           G5   F5   G5      F5
I'm down in Mexico, had to go,
C5        B5       C5
Won't be home no more
               G5      F5       G5                  F5
I want mom and dad to know, I miss and love them so
C5                 G5           C5
Though I'll never see them anymore.

C5                      F5          G5              C5   
The day that I turned twenty one I could hardly wait
                   F5               G5                 C5        
To say goodbye to mom and dad and shake the hand of fate
                  F5                 G5                C5        
Fate was with me from the start, until that fateful day
                   F5                   G5              C5       
A big man he took my sweetheart and I took his life away.

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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.

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