Box 10

C G Am F C G G7 C G

[Verse]
           C            G
Well outta Southern Illinois
       Am        Am/G        F
Come a down-home country boy
           C
He’s gonna make it in the city
        G                 F   G
Playin’ guitar in the studio
            C                   
Oh well, he hadn’t been there an 
 G
hour
        Am    Am/G         F
When he met a Broadway flow’r
             C
You know she took him for his money
        G                     F   G
And she left him in a cheap hotel
              C               G
Oh well, it’s easy for you to see
          Am      Am/G       F
That that country boy is me
        C                          
Say and how’m I gonna ever break 
  G                      F    G
the news to the folks back home?
            C                G
Well, I was gonna be a great success
            Am    Am/G       F  C
Things sure ended up a mess
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                   G               
But in the process I got messed up 
F  G
to

[Chorus]
       G                     F    
Hello, mama and dad I had to call 
  G
collect
        F           G          C 
Cause I ain’t got a cent to my 
   C/B
name
          Am
Well, I’m sleepin’ in a hotel 
doorway
       D7                        G
And tonight they say it’s gonna rain
             C      C/B    Am    
And if you’d only send me some 
Am/G
money
           C      C/B    Am    Am/G
I’ll be back on my feet again
C          C/B           
Send it in care of the Sunday 
Am      Am/G
Mission
F      G    C    C C/B Am Am/G
Box Number Ten
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[Verse]
              C            G
Well, back in Southern Illinois
               Am       Am/G      
They’re still worryin” ‘bout their
     F   C
 boy
                     G             
But this boy’s goin’ home soon’s he
          F    G
 gets the fare
           C                G
Because as soon as I got my bread
        Am     Am/G        F
I got a pipe upside my head
              C
You know they left me in an alley
        G                   F    G
Took my money and my guitar too

[Chorus]
       G                     F    
Hello, mama and dad I had to call 
  G
collect
        F           G          C 
Cause I ain’t got a cent to my 
   C/B
name
          Am
Well, I’m sleepin’ in a hotel 
doorway
       D7                        G
And tonight they say it’s gonna rain
             C      C/B    Am    
And if you’d only send me some 
Am/G
money
           C      C/B    Am    Am/G
I’ll be back on my feet again
C          C/B           
Send it in care of the Sunday 
Am      Am/G
Mission
F      G    C    C C/B Am Am/G
Box Number Ten
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