Box 10
by Jim CroceChords
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Box #10
By Jim Croce
Chords by Alfredo Alex G. General
Intro
Verse
Well outta
Southern Illi
nois
Come a
down-home
country boy
He’s
gonna make it in the city
Playin&r
squo; guitar in th
e st
udio
Oh well, he
hadn’t been the
re an hour
When he
met a
Broadway flow
’r
You know she
took him for his money
And she
left him in a cheap ho
tel
Oh well, it&rs
quo;s easy for y
ou to see
That that
country
boy is me
Say and
how’m I gonna ever brea
k the news to the folks
back
home?
Well, I was
gonna be a great
success
Things sure
ended
up a mess
But in the process
I got messed up
to
Chorus
Hello,
mama and dad I had to
call co
llect
Cause I
ain’t
got a cent
to my
name
Well, I&rs
quo;m sleepin’ in a hotel doorway
And ton
ight they say it&rs
quo;s
gonna rain
And if you&rs
quo;d o
nly sen
d me s
ome money
I’ll
be back
on my
feet a
gain
Send it in
care of the Su
nday Mis
sion
Box Num
ber T
en
Verse
Well, back in
Southern Illi
nois
They’re s
till worr
yin” &lsq
uo;b
out their boy
But this boy’s
goin’ home soon&rs
quo;s
he gets the fare
Because as
soon as I got my
bread
I got a
pipe up
side my head
You know they
left me in an alley
Took my
money and my guitar
too
Chorus
Hello,
mama and dad I had to
call co
llect
Cause I
ain’t
got a cent
to my
name
Well, I&rs
quo;m sleepin’ in a hotel doorway
And ton
ight they say it&rs
quo;s
gonna rain
And if you&rs
quo;d o
nly sen
d me s
ome money
I’ll
be back
on my
feet a
gain
Send it in
care of the Su
nday Mis
sion
Box Num
ber T
en
Outro
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