Box Number 10 chords by Jim Croce
Verse 1
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Well, out of
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Southern Illinois
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come a down home country boy
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He's gonna make it in the city
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C
playin' guitar in the studio
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Oh well, he hadn't been there an hour,
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when he met a Broadway flower
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You know she took him for his money
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C
and she left him in a cheap hotel
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Oh well, it's easy for you to see
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that that country boy is me
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Say and how am I ever gonna break the
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news to the folks back home?
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Well, I was gonna be a great
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success
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Things sure ended up a mess
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G
But in the process I got
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C
messed up, too
Verse 2
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Hello Mama and Dad, I had to call collect
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C
'Cause I ain't got a cent to my name
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Well I'm sleepin' in
the hotel doorway
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F
And tonight they say it's gonna rain
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C
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Am
And if you'd only send me some money
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Am
I'll be back on my feet again
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C
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A
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Send it in care of the Sunday Mission
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Box number ten
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Verse 3
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C
G
C
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Well, back in Southern Illinois they're
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F
still worryin' 'bout their boy
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G
But this boy's goin' home
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C
soon's he gets the fare
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C
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Because as soon as I got my bread
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F
I got a pipe upside my head
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You know they left me in an alley
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C
Took my money and my guitar, too
Verse 4
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Hello Mama and Dad,
I had to call collect
F
'Cause I ain't got a cent
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C
to my name
Am
Well I'm sleepin' in
the hotel doorway
G
And tonight they say it's gonna rain
C
And if you'd only send
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Am
me some money
C
G
Am
I'll be back on my feet again
C
G
A
G
Send it in care of the Sunday Mission
C
Box number ten
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Am
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Box Number 10
Jim Croce
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