10 Degrees & Getting Colder
Key: ECapo 4English
Intro
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Verse
He was Cstanding by the highway
With a Csign that just said "Mother"
He Cheard a F/C(X33211)driver coCming
About a D7half a mile aGway
And he Cheld the sign up higher
So no Cdecent soul could miss it
It was Cten deF/Cgrees or Ccolder
Down by GBoulder Dam that Cday
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Verse
He was Craised up in Milwaukee
Though Che never was that famous
He was Cjust a F/Croad muCsician
To the D7taverns he would Ggo
Singing Csongs about the rambling
The Cloving girls and gambling
How the Cworld fell F/Con his Cshoulders
Back in GBoulder I don't know
Interlude
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| F G7 | G7 |
Verse
It was Cout in Arizona
That he Cheard the lady listening
To each Cword that F/Che was Csinging
To each D7line that he would Gwrite
So he Csat down by her table
And they Ctalked about the weather
Ninety-Ceight point F/Csix and Crising
Down by GBoulder Dam that Cnight
Chorus
CAnd she told him Fshe would take him
GFor a ride Cin the morning sun
CBack in Boulder Fhe had told her
GDon't know when CI had a Fbetter friend
F/C G7
Verse
Now he's Ctraded off his Martin
But his Ctroubles are not over
For his Cfeet are F/Calmost Cfrozen
And the D7sun is sinking G7low
Won't you Clisten to me brother
If you've Cever loved your mother
Please Cpull off F/Con the Cshoulder
If you're Dgoing Milwaukee Gway
It's ten deCgrees and getting colder
Down by G7Boulder Dam toCday