Box #10
By Jim Croce
Chords by Alfredo Alex G. General
Intro: C-G-Am-F-C-G-G7-C-G
C G
Well outta Southern Illinois
Am F
Come a down-home country boy
C
He??s gonna make it in the city
G F-C-G
Playin?? guitar in the studio
C G
Oh well, he hadn??t been there an hour
Am F
When he met a Broadway flow??r
C
You know she took him for his money
G F C-G
And she left him in a cheap hotel
C G
Oh well, it??s easy for you to see
Am F
That that country boy is me
C G F C-G
Say and how??m I gonna ever break the news to the folks back home?
C G
Well, I was gonna be a great success
Am F C
Things sure ended up a mess
G F C-G
But in the process I got messed up to
Refrain:
C F G
Hello, mama and dad I had to call collect
C Em Am Am/G
Cause I ain??t got a cent to my name
C F
Well, I??m sleepin?? in a hotel doorway
D G
And tonight they say it??s gonna rain
C Em Am Am/G
And if you??d only send me some money
C Em Am Am/G
I??ll be back on my feet again
C Em Am Am/G
Send it in care of the Sunday Mission
F C C-Em-Am-Am/G-F-G6-C
Box Number Ten
C G
Well, back in Southern Illinois
Am F C
They??re still worryin?? ??bout their boy
G F C-G
But this boy??s goin?? home soon??s he gets the fare
C G
Because as soon as I got my bread
Am F
I got a pipe upside my head
C
You know they took me in an alley
G F C-G
Took my money and my guitar too
Repeat refrain
End chords: C ?? Em ?? Am - Am/G ?? F ?? G - C