Box #10 Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][G][D][G][A][D]
[G]

[Verse 1]
Well out of [D]Southern [A]Illinois
come a down [Bm]home coun[A]try boy[G]
He's gonna [Dm]make it in the city
playin' [A]guitar in the [D]studio
Well he hadn't been there an hour,
[A]when he met a B[Bm]roadway f[A]lowe[G]r
You know she [D]took him for his money
[A]and left him in a cheap [D]hotel
Well it's easy for you [A]to see
that that coun[Bm]try boy [A]is m[G]e
Tell me how [D]am I ever gonna break
the [A]news to the folks [D]back home
I was gonna be a great success
[A]Oh but [Bbdim]that sure [Bm]ended [A]up a [G]mess
[D]And in the process [A]I got messed [D]up too
Hello Mo[A]m and Dad I hate to call collect
But I ain't [G]got a cent [A]to my name
[D]And [Bbdim]I'm sleepin' [Bm]in
the hotel doorway
And tonight [A]they say it's gonna rain
If I could [D]only get [A]me some money
[Bm]You know I'd b[A]e back on my[G] f[A]eet agai[D]n
Send it in [A]care of the [Bm]Sunday [A]Mission
Box number [D]ten[A][Bbdim]
[Bm][A][G][D][A][Bm][A][D]
Outta Southern [A]Illinois they're still
[Bm]worried 'bout [A]their boy[G]
[D]But this boy's goin' hom[A]e
soon's he get's a [D]fare
Well as soon as I got [A]the bread
I [Bbdim]got a pipe upsid[Bm]e my he[A]ad[G]
You know they [D]left me in an alley
Took my [A]money and my guitar, [D]too
Hello Mo[A]m and Dad I hate to call collect
But I ain't [G]got a cent [A]to my name
An[D]d I[Bbdim]'m sleepin'[Bm]
in this hotel doorway
And tonight [A]they say it's gonna rain
If I could [D]only get [A]me some money
[Bm]You know I'd b[A]e back
[G]on my feet [A]again[D]
Send it in [A]care of [Bm]Sunday [A]Mission
Box number [D]ten
Send it in [Bbdim]care of S[Bm]unday Miss[A]ion
Box number [D]ten

[Outro 1]
[A][Bbdim]
[Bm][A][G][D][A][Bm][A][G][A][D]