Ten Degrees And Getting Colder chords by Nanci Griffith

• Capo on 3rd
• Difficulty: Beginner

♫ Verse 1:
        G       B       G       C
He was standing by the highway
        G       B       G       C
With a sign that just said 'Mother'
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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
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Though he never was that famous
        G       B       G
He was just a road musician
        A7              D
To the taverns he would go

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Singing songs about the rambling
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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