Intro: C5 G5 A5 F5 C5 G5 G5 C5 G5 C5 G5 Well outta Southern Illinois A5 F5 Come a down-home country boy C5 He?s gonna make it in the city G5 F5 C5 G5 Playin? guitar in the studio C5 G5 Oh well, he hadn?t been there an hour A5 F5 When he met a Broadway flow?r C5 You know she took him for his money G5 F5 C5 G5 And she left him in a cheap hotel C5 G5 Oh well, it?s easy for you to see A5 F5 That that country boy is me C5 G5 F5 C5 G5 Say and how?m I gonna ever break the news to the folks back home? C5 G5 Well, I was gonna be a great success A5 F5 C5 Things sure ended up a mess G5 F5 C5 G5 But in the process I got messed up to Refr?o: C5 F5 G5 Hello, mama and dad I had to call collect C5 E5 A5 A5 Cause I ain?t got a cent to my name C5 F5 Well, I?m sleepin? in a hotel doorway D5 G5 And tonight they say it?s gonna rain C5 E5 A5 A5 And if you?d only send me some money C5 E5 A5 A5 I?ll be back on my feet again C5 E5 A5 A5 Send it in care of the Sunday Mission F5 C5 C5 E5 A5 A5 F5 G5 C5 Box Number Ten C5 G5 Well, back in Southern Illinois A5 F5 C5 They?re still worryin? ?bout their boy G5 F5 C5 G5 But this boy?s goin? home soon?s he gets the fare C5 G5 Because as soon as I got my bread A5 F5 I got a pipe upside my head C5 You know they took me in an alley G5 F5 C5 G5 Took my money and my guitar too (Refr?o) ( C5 E5 A5 A5 F5 G5 C5 )
