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Verse 1
C Em Am F
Well out of southern Illinois, come a down home country boy
C G C
He's gonna make it in the city playin guitar in the studio
C Em Am F
Well he hadn't been there an hour, when he met a Broadway flower
C G C
You know she took him for his money and she left him in a cheap motel
Verse 2
Well now it's easy for you to see, that that country boy is me
Tell me how'm I ever gonna break the news to the folks back home
Well I was gonna be a great success, things sure ended up a mess
And in the process, I got messed up too
CHORUS
G Am
Hello mom and dad I hate to call ya collect
F G C
but I aint got a cent to my name
F
Well I'm sleepin in the hotel doorway
G
And tonight they say it's gonna rain
C Em Am
And if I could only get me some money
G F(barred) G C
I'd be back on my feet again
C Em Am G F G C
Send it in care of the Sunday Mission Box Number 10
Verse 3
out of southern Illinios, his parents worry about their boy
But this boy's comin' home soon's he gets the fare
Well as soon as I got the bread, I got a pop upside my head
You know they left me in an alley, took my money and my guitar too
CHORUS
Hello mom and dad I hate to call ya collect
but I aint got a cent to my name
Well I'm sleepin in the hotel doorway
And tonight they say it's gonna rain
And if I could only get me some money
I'd be back on my feet again
Send it in care of the Sunday Mission Box Number 10
Send it in care of the Sunday Mission Box Number 10
Here is the YouTube Video Link for how I play it, have to forgive me, Its my first video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_Q-wHheNcI
Listen to the song for the Rhythm and use a Barred F and G at the end of the
chorus rather.
If your having trouble with the rhythm and dont know how to time the walk downs
I can put a video on YOUTUBE.
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Give this a try. In the versus and chorus its all the same. E,B, (446654)idk what chord that is. A,E,B,E,A,E. Listen to the song and place the chords as they fall. I'm a huge Jim Croce fan, along with a die hard Stoney fan. Give this way a try an see if maybe that sounds a little more accurate.
Thanks PK
-phillypay | 6/8/2011 | If you listen to the Stoney Recording of it and watch the YouTube video of him playing it, its definitely right on Que. He also has it capo'd but I have a deeper voice. Never listen to what people write about what key a song is played in. Its what Key you sing the song in most comfortably! Thank you for the response though.
-juan aguilera | 6/8/2011 | It didn't make sense until I watched your youtube vid. But after watching that I like the way you play it and it all makes sense. Good tab, great song.
-rab05 | 6/9/2011 | try this for verse....C G Am F, and sleeping in this hotel doorway is Am.....Great song, thanks
-scooter1972 | 2/10/2013 | Any body know the strumming/picking pattern. I've looked everywhere for it and just can not figure it out! Great youtube video!!
-6stringsaway | 7/19/2013 |
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