[Intro] C  G  Am 
        F  C  G  
        G7  C  G

           C            G
Well out of 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 flower
             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 am 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 too

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       C                     F        G
Hello, mama and dad I had a 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 left me in an alley
        G                   F   C  G
Took my money and my guitar too

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( C  Em  Am  Am/G  F  G  C )