Box 10

[Intro]
| C G | Am F | C G |

[Verse 1]
C G
   Well,
       C            G           Am                    F
out of Southern Illinois come a down home country b]oy
           C                           G
He's gonna make it in the city playin' guitar in the studio
C G            C
   Oh well, he hadn't been there an hour,
G        Am                   F
 when he met a Broadway flower
             C                              G
You know she took him for his money and she left him in a
cheap hotel

[Verse 2]
F C G
     Oh well,
     C                  G          Am               F
it's easy for you to see that that country boy is me
        C                         G
Say and how am I ever gonna break the news to the folks
          C G
back home?
            C                       G
Well, I was gonna be a great success
              Am           F
Things sure ended up a mess
C                   G                   F C
 But in the process I got messed up, too

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

[Verse 3]
C G/B Am G G C
              Well,
        C            G                  Am
back in Southern Illinois they're still worryin' 'bout
         F
their boy
C                     G
 But this boy's goin' home soon's he gets the fare
C G           C                     G
   Because as soon as I got my bread
        Am                 F
I got a pipe upside my head
              C
You know they left me in an alley
        G                       F C
Took my money and my guitar, too

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