Chords for Tony Rice - Ten Degrees and Getting Colder
Tempo:
87.625 bpm
Chords used:
F
C
Bb
G
Dm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Dm] [Am] [F] [Bb]
[C] [F] [F]
He was standing by the highway with a sign that just said mother.
When he heard [Bb] a driver [F] coming [G] about a half a [C] mile away.
So [F] he held the sign up higher so no decent soul could miss it.
Well it was ten degrees a corner [C] down by Boulder [F] down that day.
He was raised up in Milwaukee.
Well he never was that famous.
He was just a road musician [G] to the taverns [C] he would go.
[F] Singing songs about the ramblin' the lovin' girls and gamblin' how [Bb] the world [F] fell on his
shoulder [C] back in Boulder I [F] don't know.
Well it was out in Arizona that he heard the lady listen to each word that he was saying
[G] to each line [C] that he would write.
So [F] he sat down by her table and he talked about the weather 98.6 and rising [C] down by
Boulder [F] down that night.
And she told [Bb] him she would take [C]
him for a [Eb] ride in [F] the morning sun.
Back in Boulder [Bb] [F] he told [C] her I don't know [Cm] when I've [Gm] had a [F] better friend.
Now he's trading off his money but his troubles are not over.
[Bb] His feet [F] are almost frozen [G] and the sun is [C] sinking low.
[F] Won't you listen to me brother if you ever loved your mother.
Please [Bb] pull off [F] on his shoulder if [G] you're going [C] the Milwaukee way.
[F] It's ten degrees and getting colder [C] down by Boulder down [F] today.
[Em]
[C] [F] [F]
He was standing by the highway with a sign that just said mother.
When he heard [Bb] a driver [F] coming [G] about a half a [C] mile away.
So [F] he held the sign up higher so no decent soul could miss it.
Well it was ten degrees a corner [C] down by Boulder [F] down that day.
He was raised up in Milwaukee.
Well he never was that famous.
He was just a road musician [G] to the taverns [C] he would go.
[F] Singing songs about the ramblin' the lovin' girls and gamblin' how [Bb] the world [F] fell on his
shoulder [C] back in Boulder I [F] don't know.
Well it was out in Arizona that he heard the lady listen to each word that he was saying
[G] to each line [C] that he would write.
So [F] he sat down by her table and he talked about the weather 98.6 and rising [C] down by
Boulder [F] down that night.
And she told [Bb] him she would take [C]
him for a [Eb] ride in [F] the morning sun.
Back in Boulder [Bb] [F] he told [C] her I don't know [Cm] when I've [Gm] had a [F] better friend.
Now he's trading off his money but his troubles are not over.
[Bb] His feet [F] are almost frozen [G] and the sun is [C] sinking low.
[F] Won't you listen to me brother if you ever loved your mother.
Please [Bb] pull off [F] on his shoulder if [G] you're going [C] the Milwaukee way.
[F] It's ten degrees and getting colder [C] down by Boulder down [F] today.
[Em]
Key:
F
C
Bb
G
Dm
F
C
Bb
[Dm] _ [Am] _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ [F] _ _ _
_ He was standing by the highway with a sign that just said mother.
When he heard [Bb] a driver [F] coming [G] about a half a [C] mile away.
So [F] he held the sign up higher so no decent soul could miss it.
Well it was ten degrees a corner [C] down by Boulder [F] down that day.
_ _ _ He was raised up in Milwaukee.
Well he never was that famous.
He was just a road musician [G] to the taverns [C] he would go.
[F] Singing songs about the ramblin' the lovin' girls and gamblin' how [Bb] the world [F] fell on his
shoulder [C] back in Boulder I [F] don't know. _ _ _
Well it was out in Arizona that he heard the lady listen to each word that he was saying
[G] to each line [C] that he would write.
So [F] he sat down by her table and he talked about the weather 98.6 and rising [C] down by
Boulder [F] down that night. _
_ And she told [Bb] him she would take [C]
him for a [Eb] ride in [F] the morning sun.
_ Back in Boulder [Bb] [F] he told [C] her I don't know [Cm] when I've [Gm] had a [F] better friend.
_ _ _ Now he's trading off his money but his troubles are not over.
[Bb] His feet [F] are almost frozen [G] and the sun is [C] sinking low.
_ [F] Won't you listen to me brother if you ever loved your mother.
Please [Bb] pull off [F] on his shoulder if [G] you're going [C] the Milwaukee way.
_ _ [F] It's ten degrees and getting colder [C] down by Boulder down [F] today.
_ _ _ [Em] _
_ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ [F] _ _ _
_ He was standing by the highway with a sign that just said mother.
When he heard [Bb] a driver [F] coming [G] about a half a [C] mile away.
So [F] he held the sign up higher so no decent soul could miss it.
Well it was ten degrees a corner [C] down by Boulder [F] down that day.
_ _ _ He was raised up in Milwaukee.
Well he never was that famous.
He was just a road musician [G] to the taverns [C] he would go.
[F] Singing songs about the ramblin' the lovin' girls and gamblin' how [Bb] the world [F] fell on his
shoulder [C] back in Boulder I [F] don't know. _ _ _
Well it was out in Arizona that he heard the lady listen to each word that he was saying
[G] to each line [C] that he would write.
So [F] he sat down by her table and he talked about the weather 98.6 and rising [C] down by
Boulder [F] down that night. _
_ And she told [Bb] him she would take [C]
him for a [Eb] ride in [F] the morning sun.
_ Back in Boulder [Bb] [F] he told [C] her I don't know [Cm] when I've [Gm] had a [F] better friend.
_ _ _ Now he's trading off his money but his troubles are not over.
[Bb] His feet [F] are almost frozen [G] and the sun is [C] sinking low.
_ [F] Won't you listen to me brother if you ever loved your mother.
Please [Bb] pull off [F] on his shoulder if [G] you're going [C] the Milwaukee way.
_ _ [F] It's ten degrees and getting colder [C] down by Boulder down [F] today.
_ _ _ [Em] _