Key: C major•
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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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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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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news to the folks back home?
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Things sure ended up a mess
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But in the process I got
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messed up, too
Verse 2
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Hello Mama and Dad, I had to call collect
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'Cause I ain't got a cent to my name
the hotel doorway
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And tonight they say it's gonna rain
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And if you'd only send me some money
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I'll be back on my feet again
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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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Well, back in Southern Illinois they're
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still worryin' 'bout their boy
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But this boy's goin' home
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soon's he gets the fare
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Because as soon as I got my bread
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I got a pipe upside my head
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Took my money and my guitar, too
Verse 4
I had to call collect
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to my name
the hotel doorway
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me some money
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I'll be back on my feet again
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A
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Send it in care of the Sunday Mission
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