Box 10 Chords

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Difficulty:	intermediate
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Capo:	no capo

Author Alex General [a] 80.

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Box #10
By Jim Croce
 
Chords by Alfredo Alex G. General
 
[Intro]
C G Am F C G G7 C G
 
[Verse]
           C            G
Well outta Southern Illinois
       Am        Am/G        F
Come a down-home country boy
           C
He’s gonna make it in the city
        G                 F   G
Playin’ guitar in the studio
            C                    G
Oh well, he hadn’t been there an hour
        Am    Am/G         F
When he met a Broadway flow’r
             C
You know she took him for his money
        G                     F   G
And she left him in a cheap hotel
              C               G
Oh well, it’s easy for you to see
          Am      Am/G       F
That that country boy is me
        C                            G                      F    G
Say and how’m I gonna ever break the news to the folks back home?
            C                G
Well, I was gonna be a great success
            Am    Am/G       F  C
Things sure ended up a mess
                   G               F  G
But in the process I got messed up to
 
[Chorus]
       G                     F      G
Hello, mama and dad I had to call collect
        F           G          C    C/B
Cause I ain’t got a cent to my name
          Am
Well, I’m sleepin’ in a hotel doorway
       G                  F     G
And tonight they say it’s gonna rain
             C      C/B    Am    Am/G
And if you’d only send me some money
           C      C/B    Am    Am/G
I’ll be back on my feet again
C          C/B           Am      Am/G
Send it in care of the Sunday Mission
F      G    C    C C/B Am Am/G  F G C
Box Number Ten
 
[Verse]
              C            G
Well, back in Southern Illinois
               Am       Am/G           F   C
They’re still worryin” ‘bout their boy
                     G                       F    G
But this boy’s goin’ home soon’s he gets the fare
           C                G
Because as soon as I got my bread
        Am     Am/G        F
I got a pipe upside my head
              C
You know they left me in an alley
        G                   F    G
Took my money and my guitar too
 
[Chorus]
       G                     F      G
Hello, mama and dad I had to call collect
        F           G          C    C/B
Cause I ain’t got a cent to my name
          Am
Well, I’m sleepin’ in a hotel doorway
       G                  F     G
And tonight they say it’s gonna rain
             C      C/B    Am    Am/G
And if you’d only send me some money
           C      C/B    Am    Am/G
I’ll be back on my feet again
C          C/B           Am      Am/G
Send it in care of the Sunday Mission
F      G    C    C C/B Am Am/G  F G C
Box Number Ten
 
[Outro]
C – C/B – Am - Am/G – F – G - C
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Box 10 – Jim Croce

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I came here to say the refrain was off but I can see that I'm a few years late to that one X'D

I don't know which lousy novices rated this down, but it sounds perfectly correct and in the correct Key too.

I believe that the refrain goes like this, I hope it formats correctly: G F G Hello, Mama and Dad, I had to call collect, F G7 C G 'cause I ain't got a cent to my name, A7 Well, I'm sleepin' in a hotel doorway G F G and tonight they say it's gonna rain. C Em Am G7 And if you'd only send me some money, C Em Am G7 C G Am And if you'd only send me some money, I'd be back on my feet again. C Em Am C G C Em Am C G7 C Send it in care of the Sunday Mission Box Number Ten.