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Box #10 by Jim Croce
Box #10
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:no capo
[Intro]
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 G
Oh well, he hadn’t been there an 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 G F 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 Am/G F C
Things sure ended up a mess
G F G
But in the process I got messed up to
[Chorus]
G F G
Hello, mama and dad I had to call collect
F G C C/B
Cause I ain’t got a cent to my name
Am
Well, I’m sleepin’ in a hotel doorway
D7 G
And tonight they say it’s gonna rain
C C/B Am Am/G
And if you’d only send me some money
C C/B Am Am/G
I’ll be back on my feet again
C C/B Am Am/G
Send it in care of the Sunday Mission
F G C C C/B Am Am/G F G C
Box Number Ten
[Verse]
C G
Well, back in Southern Illinois
Am Am/G F C
They’re still worryin” ‘bout their boy
G F G
But this boy’s goin’ home soon’s he 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 G
Hello, mama and dad I had to call collect
F G C C/B
Cause I ain’t got a cent to my name
Am
Well, I’m sleepin’ in a hotel doorway
D7 G
And tonight they say it’s gonna rain
C C/B Am Am/G
And if you’d only send me some money
C C/B Am Am/G
I’ll be back on my feet again
C C/B Am Am/G
Send it in care of the Sunday Mission
F G C C C/B Am Am/G F G C
Box Number Ten
[Outro]
C – C/B – Am - Am/G – F – G - C
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