Ten Degrees and Getting Colder Chords

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[Intro 1]
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(Gordon [D]Lightfoot) He was standing

[Verse 1]
[G]
by the highway
With a sign that just said Mother
When he heard a driver coming
About a half [C]a mile [D]away
So he [G]held the sign up higher
Where no decent soul could miss it
It was ten degrees or colder
Down [D]by Boulder Dam [G]that day
He [C]was raised

[Verse 2]
[G]up in [C]Milwaukee[G]
Though he never [C]was that fam[G]ous
He was just a [C]road musi[G]cian
To the [Am]tav erns he would g[D]o
Singing [G]songs [C]about [G]the ramblin'
The lovin' [C]girls and [G]gamblin'
How the world fell [C]on his [G]shoulders
Back in [D]Boulder I don't [G]know

[Verse 3]
[G]Chorus
And she told [C]him she would take [D]him
For [G]a ride in the [C]morning [G]sun
Back in [C]Boulder he had told her
[D]I don't know when,
[G]I've had[C] a better friend
[D]

[Verse 4]
It was [G]out in [C]Arizon[G] a
That he heard [C]the lady [G]listening
To each word that he [C]was [G]saying
To each [Am]line that he would [D]write
So he [G]sat down [C]at her [G]table
And they talked [C]about the weather
[G]98.[C]6 and rising[G] down by Boulde[D]r Dam
[G]that [C]nig[D]ht

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 5]
[C]Chor[D] us

[Interlude 2]
[G][C][G][C]
[D]

[Verse 6]
Now he's [G]traded [C]off his Mar[G]tin
Though his troubles [C]ain't [G]over
His feet are [C]almost [G]frozen and
[Am]the sun is sinking [D]low
Won't you [G]listen [C]to me [G]brother,
if you ever [C]loved your [G]mother
Please pull off [C]on the shoulder,
[G]if you're goi[Am]n' Milwaukee way[D]
It's ten de[G]grees and [C]getting [G]colder
down by [D]Boulder Dam today

[Outro 1]
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