Box #10 By Jim Croce From: Alfredo Alex G. General Date: Thursday, October 25, 2006 Chords by Alfredo Alex G. General 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 Refrain: 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 Repeat refrain End chords: C – Em – Am - Am/G – F – G - C