'Ten Degrees And Getting Colder' by Gordon Lightfoot - Guitar Tutorial

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He was standing by the highway, with a sign that just said "Mother"
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When he heard a driver coming, about a half a mile away 
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Then he held the sign up higher so no decent soul could miss it  
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It was ten degrees or colder down by Boulder dam that day  
 
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He was raised up in Milwaukee, though he never was that famous  
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He was just a road musician to the taverns he would go  
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Singing songs about the rambling, the loving girls and gambling  
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How the world fell on his shoulders back in Boulder I don't know  
 
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It was out in Arizona that he heard the lady listening  
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To each word that he was saying, to each line that he would write  
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So he sat down by her table and they talked about the weather  
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Ninety-eight point six and rising down by Boulder dam that night  
 
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And she told him she would take him  
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For a ride in the morning sun  
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Back in Boulder he had told her  
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I don't know when I had a better friend  
 
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Now he's traded off his Martin but his troubles are not over  
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For his feet are almost frozen and the sun is sinking low  
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Won't you listen to me brother, if you ever loved your mother  
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Please pull off on the shoulder if you're going Milwaukee way  
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It's ten degrees and getting colder down by Boulder dam today