Ten Degrees And Getting Colder chords by Nanci Griffith

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 3rd
• Difficulty: Beginner

♫ Verse 1:
    G+G    BB    G+G    C majorC
He was standing by the highway
    G+G    BB    G+G    C majorC
With a sign that just said 'Mother'
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When he heard a driver coming
    A7A7       D MajorD
About a half a mile away

    G+G    BB    G+G    C majorC
And he held the sign up higher
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So no decent soul could miss it
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It was ten degrees or colder
    D MajorD        G+G
Down by Boulder Dam that day

♫ Verse 2:
    G+G    BB    G+G    C majorC
He was raised up in Milwaukee
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Though he never was that famous
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He was just a road musician
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To the taverns he would go

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Singing songs about the rambling
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The loving girls and gambling
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How the world fell on his shoulders
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Back in Boulder I don't know


♫ Chorus:
    G+G          C majorC    D MajorD
And she told him she would take him
        G+G    C majorC    G+G
For a ride in the morning sun
    G+G          C majorC  D MajorD
Back in Boulder he had told her
          G+G C majorC          D MajorD
"I don't know when I had a better friend"


♫ Verse 3:
    G+G    BB    G+G    C majorC
It was out in Arizona
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That he heard the lady listening
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To each word that he was singing
    A7A7       D MajorD
To each line that he would write

    G+G    BB    G+G    C majorC
So he sat down by her table
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And they talked about the weather
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98.6 and rising
    D MajorD        G+G
Down by Boulder Dam that night

♫ Chorus:
    G+G          C majorC    D MajorD
And she told him she would take him
        G+G    C majorC    G+G
For a ride in the morning sun
    G+G          C majorC  D MajorD
Back in Boulder he had told her
          G+G C majorC          D MajorD
"I don't know when I had a better friend"


♫ Verse 4:
    G+G    BB    G+G    C majorC
Now he's traded off his Martin
    G+G    BB    G+G    C majorC
But his troubles are not over
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For his feet are almost frozen
    A7A7       D MajorD
And the sun is sinking low

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Won't you listen to me brother
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If you've ever loved your mother
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Please pull off on the shoulder
    A7A7       D MajorD
If you're going Milwaukee way
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It's ten degrees and getting colder
    D MajorD        G+G
Down by Boulder Dam today