Ten Degrees And Getting Colder chords by Nanci Griffith
Guitar chords with lyrics
- 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'
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
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