Ten Degrees And Getting Colder - Nanci Griffith

♫ Verse 1: G B G C He was standing by the highway G B G C With a sign that just said 'Mother' G B G G When he heard a driver coming A7 D About a half a mile away G B G C And he held the sign up higher G B G C So no decent soul could miss it G B G It was ten degrees or colder D G Down by Boulder Dam that day ♫ Verse 2: G B G C He was raised up in Milwaukee G B G C Though he never was that famous G B G He was just a road musician A7 D To the taverns he would go

G B G C Singing songs about the rambling G B G C The loving girls and gambling G B G How the world fell on his shoulders D G Back in Boulder I don't know ♫ Chorus: G C D And she told him she would take him G C G For a ride in the morning sun G C D Back in Boulder he had told her G C D "I don't know when I had a better friend" ♫ Verse 3: G B G C It was out in Arizona G B G C That he heard the lady listening G B G To each word that he was singing A7 D To each line that he would write G B G C So he sat down by her table G B G C And they talked about the weather G B G 98.6 and rising D G Down by Boulder Dam that night ♫ Chorus: G C D And she told him she would take him G C G For a ride in the morning sun G C D Back in Boulder he had told her G C D "I don't know when I had a better friend" ♫ Verse 4: G B G C Now he's traded off his Martin G B G C But his troubles are not over G B G For his feet are almost frozen A7 D And the sun is sinking low G B G C Won't you listen to me brother G B G C If you've ever loved your mother G B G Please pull off on the shoulder A7 D If you're going Milwaukee way G B G It's ten degrees and getting colder D G Down by Boulder Dam today