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
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
(Refrão)
( C Em Am Am/G F G C )