BOX #10
By: Jim Croce
Chords: C, G, Am, F
Intro: C, G, Am, F, C, G, F, C, G
C G Am F
Well out of southern Illinois, come a down home country boy
C G F G C
He’s gonna make it in the city playin guitar in the studio
C G Am F
Well he hadn’t been there an hour, when he met a Broadway flower
C G F C G
You know she took him for his money and she left him in a cheap hotel
C G A F
Well it’s easy for you to see, that that country boy is me
C G F C G
I’m sayin how’m I gonna ever break the news to the folks back home
C G Am F
Well I was gonna be a great success, things sure ended up a mess
C G F C
But in the process, I got messed up too
G F G
Well hello momma and dad I had to call collect
F G C G
cause I aint got a cent to my name
Am
Well I’m sleepin in the hotel doorway
G F G
And tonight they say it’s gonna rain
C C/B Am G
And if you’d only send me some money
C C/B Am G
I’d be back on my feet again
C C/B Am G F C (x2)
Send it in care of the Sunday Mission Box Number 10
C G Am F
Oh back in southern Illinois, they still worryin’ bout that boy
C G F C G
But this boy’s goin home soon as he gets the fare
C G Am F
Because as soon as I got my bread, I got a pipe upside my head
C G F C
You know they left me in an alley, took my money and my guitar too
::Chorus::
Tabbed By: Andy Gregoire
Questions or comments email to: Agregoire@hotmail.com
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/c/croce-jim/24345.html ]
