Gordon Lightfoot - 10 Degrees And Getting Colder CAPO: 4th Fret [INTRO:] [VERSE 1:] He was standing by the highway With a sign that just said ’Mother’ When he heard a driver coming About a half a mile away [VERSE 2:] And he held the sign up higher So no decent soul could miss it It was ten degrees or colder Down by Boulder Dam that day [VERSE 3:] He was raised up in Milwaukee Though he never was that famous He was just a road musician To the taverns he would go [VERSE 4:] Singing songs about the rambling The loving girls and gambling How the world fell on his shoulders Back in Boulder I don’t know [INSTRUMENTAL:] Csus4 [VERSE 5:] It was out in Arizona That he heard the lady listening To each word that he was singing To each line that he would write [VERSE 6:] So he sat down by her table And they talked about the weather 98.6 and rising Down by Boulder Dam that night [BRIDGE:] And she told him she would take him For a ride in the morning sun Back in Boulder he had told her "I don’t know when I had a better friend" [VERSE 7:] Now he’s traded off his Martin But his troubles are not over For his feet are almost frozen And the sun is sinking low [VERSE 8:] Won’t you listen to me brother If you’ve ever loved your mother Please pull off on the shoulder If you’re going Milwaukee way [OUTRO:] It’s ten degrees and getting colder Down by Boulder Dam today