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