#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# # From: "Gary Springman" <springmang@3web.net> Subject: Ten Degrees and Getting Colder Gordon Lightfoot Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 20:56:40 -0400 Ten Degrees and Getting Colder (G) He was standing by the highway with a (C) sign that says just (G) Mother, When he heard a driver coming about a (Am) half a mile a-(D)-way, So he (G) held the sign up higher so no (C) decent soul could (G) miss it, It was (C) ten degrees or (G) colder down by (D) Boulder Dam that (G) day, He was raised up in Milwaukee though (C) he never was that (G) famous, He was just a road musician to the (Am) taverns he would (D) go, Singing (G) songs about the rambling, the (C) loving girls and (G) gambling, How the (C) world fell on his (G) shoulders back in (D) Boulder, I don't (G) know, Well it was out in Arizona and he (C) heard the lady (G) listening, To each word that he was saying, to each (Am) line that he would (D) write, So he (G) sat down by her table and they (C) talked about the (G) weather, Ninety (C) eight point six and (G) rising down by (D) Boulder Dam that (G) day, She told him she would take him for a (C) ride in the morning (G) sun, Back in Boulder he had told her I don't (Am) know when I've had a better (D) friend, Now he's (G) traded off his Martin, but his (C) troubles are not (G) over, His (C) feet are almost (G) frozen and the (D) sun is sinking low, Won't you (G) listen to me brother, if you (C) ever loved your (G) mother, Please pull off on the shoulder if you're (D) going Milwaukee way, It's ten (C) degrees and getting (G) colder down by (D) Boulder Dam (G) today.