Lirik dan Chord Lagu Box #10 - Jim Croce

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Pada April 1972 musisi asal Amerika, Jim Croce merilis sebuah lagu yang berjudul "Box #10".

Lagu tersebut menjadi trek ke-10 dari 12 lagu dalam albumnya yang bertajuk You Don't Mess Around with Jim. 

Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Ball of Kerrymuir - Jim Croce

Berikut lirik dan chord lagu "Box #10" dari Jim Croce.

[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
D7                 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
D7                           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