Ten Degrees and Getting Colder chords by
Nanci Griffith

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Key: Bb major•

Intro 1

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(Gordon Lightfoot) He was standing

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

Verse 2
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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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F F 
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To the tav erns he would go
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Singing songs about the ramblin'
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The lovin' girls and gamblin'
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How the world fell on  his shoulders
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Back in Boulder I don't know

Verse 3
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Chorus
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F F 
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And she told him she would take him
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For a ride in the morning sun
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Back in Boulder he had told her
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I don't know when,
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I've had a better friend
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Verse 4
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Eb Eb 6
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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 say ing
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To each line that he would write
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So he sat down at  her table
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And they talked about the weather
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F F 
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98.6 and rising down by Boulder Dam
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that night

Interlude 1

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Verse 5

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Chorus

Interlude 2

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Verse 6
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Now he's traded off his Martin
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Though his troubles ain't over
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His feet are almost frozen and
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the sun is sinking low
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Eb Eb 6
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Won't you listen to  me brother,
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if you ever loved your mother
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Please pull off on  the shoulder,
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Cm Cm 3
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if you're goin' Milwaukee way
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It's ten degrees and getting colder
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down by Boulder Dam today