Standard (EADGBE)

It's been a long time since I even thought of you,

  It's been a long time since I realized that you weren't there.

It's been a long time since I looked at what I'm doing,

  It's been a long time since I realized that I don't really care.

 (chours) 'cause I'm thinking of you, down in Mexico, feeling free as the air.

  Here I am, stuck in the city,still going nowhere.

Scares me sometimes when I see how I'm held here,

  Scares me sometimes when I see just how you got away.

It seems to work fine, leaving all of the trouble,

  It seems to work fine,and I really don't know why I stayed.

(chours) 'cause I'm thinking of you, down in Mexico, feeling free as the air.

  Here I am, stuck in the city,still going nowhere.

Fret/String ( these are the notes approximately, listen to the song for the timing)

(lead break) 12/3 10/2 11/2 11/2 11/2 , 13/2 11/2 10/2 11/2 10/2 12/3

10/2 12/3 10/3 s 9/3 10/4 13/2

(chours) 'cause I'm thinking of you, down in Mexico, feeling free as the air.

  Here I am, stuck in the city,still going nowhere.

(chours) 'cause I'm thinking of you, down in Mexico, feeling free as the air.

  Here I am, stuck in the city,still going nowhere.

(chours) 'cause I'm thinking of you, down in Mexico, feeling free as the air.

  Here I am, stuck in the city,still going nowhere. ( fade out )