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Ten_Degrees_and_Getting_Colder-Gordon_Lightfoot 

 
 

Originally_done_by_Gordon_Lightfoot,_on_"Summer_Side_of_Life"--1971. 

Also_recorded_by_bluegrass_musicians_"JD_Crowe_and_the_New_South." 

Also--Tony_Rices__"Tony_Rice_Sings_and_Plays_Gordon_Lightfoot." 

Also--Nanci_Griffiths_"Other_Voices,_Other_Rooms." 

 
 

This_version_transcribed_from_the_JD_Crowe_version,_capo_on_3rd_fret. 

 
 

INTRO:__D_G_A_D 

 
 

D 

He_was_standing_by_the_highway 

D 

with_a_sign_that_just_said_mother 

D 

when_he_heard_a_driver_coming 

________E___________A 

about_a_half_a_mile_away 

 
 

D 

so_he_held_the_sign_up_higher 

D 

so_no_decent_soul_could_miss_it 

D 

it_was_ten_degrees_or_colder 

________A________________D 

down_by_boulder_dam_that_day 

 
 

D 

he_was_raised_up_in_milwaukee 

D 

though_he_never_was_that_famous 

D 

he_was_just_a_road_musician 

_______E________________A 

to_the_taverns_he_would_go 

 
 

D 

singing_songs_about_the_rambling 

D 

the_loving_girls_and_gambling 

D 

how_the_world_fell_on_his_shoulder 

________A_______________D 

back_in_boulder_I_dont_know 

 
 

D 

it_was_out_in_arizona 

D 

and_he_heard_the_lady_listening 

D 

to_each_word_that_he_was_singing 

________E__________________A 

to_each_line_that_he_would_write 

 
 

D 

so_he_sat_down_by_her_table 

D 

and_they_talked_about_the_weather 

D 

98.6__and_rising 

________A________________D 

down_by_boulder_dam_that_night 

 
 

____G______________________D 

and_she_told_him_she_would_take_him 

______A___________C_______G 

for_a_ride_in_the_morning_sun 

________G______________A 

back_in_boulder_he_had_told_her 

_____________A_______________C______G 

I_dont_know_when_Ive_had_a_better_friend 

 
 

D 

now_hes_traded_off_his_martin 

D 

but_his_troubles_are_not_over 

D 

his_feet_are_almost_frozen 

________E______________A 

and_the_sun_is_sinking_low 

 
 

D 

wont_you_listen_to_me_brother 

D 

if_you_loved_your_mother 

D 

please_pull_off_on_the_shoulder 

__________A_______________D 

if_youre_going_milwaukee_way 

 
 

D 

its_ten_degrees_and_getting_colder 

________A___________D 

down_by_boulder_dam_today 

 
 

 
 

One_of_these_days_Ill_get_around_to_tabbing_the_intro. 

 
 

Questions_or_comments: 

 
 

Daniel_Albright 

[email protected] 

 
 


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