| GORDON LIGBTFOOT |
| Transcribed from Nanci Griffith's |
| "Other Voices, Other Rooms" CD |
| Capo: 3rd Fret |
| G |
| He was standing by the highway |
| C | G |
| With a sign that says just Mother |
| When he heard a driver coming |
| Am | D |
| About a half a mile away |
| G |
| So he held the sign up higher |
| C | G |
| So no decent soul could miss it |
| It was ten degrees or colder |
| D | G |
| Down by Boulder Dam that day |
| G |
| He was raised up in Milwaukee |
| C | G |
| Though he never was that famous |
| He was just a road musician |
| Am | D |
| To the taverns he would go |
| G |
| Singing songs about the rambling |
| C | G |
| The loving girls and gambling |
| How the world fell on his shoulder |
| D | G |
| Back in Boulder, I don't know |
| G |
| Well it was out in Arizona |
| C | G |
| And he heard the lady listening |
| To each word that he was saying |
| Am | D |
| To each line that he would write |
| G |
| So he sat down by her table |
| C | G |
| And they talked about the weather |
| Ninety eight point six and rising |
| D | G |
| Down by Boulder Dam that night |
| BRIDGE |
| C | G |
| And she told him she would take him |
| D | G |
| For a ride in the morning sun |
| C | G |
| Back in Boulder he had told her |
| D | G |
| I don't know when I've had a better friend |
| G |
| Now he's traded off his Martin |
| C | G |
| But his troubles are not over |
| His feet are almost frozen |
| Am | D |
| And the sun is sinking low |
| G |
| Won't you listen to me brother |
| C | G |
| If you ever loved your mother |
| Please pull off on the shoulder |
| D | G |
| If you're going Milwaukee way |
| It's ten degrees and getting colder |
| D | G |
| Down by Boulder Dam today |