G
He was standing by the highway, with a sign that just said “Mother”
C G A7 D
When he heard a driver coming, about a half a mile away
G
Then he held the sign up higher so no decent soul could miss it
C G D G
It was ten degrees or colder down by Boulder dam that day
G
He was raised up in Milwaukee, though he never was that famous
C G A7 D
He was just a road musician to the taverns he would go
G
Singing songs about the rambling, the loving girls and gambling
C G D G
How the world fell on his shoulders back in Boulder I don’t know
G
It was out in Arizona that he heard the lady listening
C G A7 D
To each word that he was saying, to each line that he would write
G
So he sat down by her table and they talked about the weather
C G D G
Ninety-eight point six and rising down by Boulder dam that night
G C/G
And she told him she would take him
D7/G G C G
For a ride in the morning sun
C/G
Back in Boulder he had told her
D7/G G C Dsus
I don’t know when I had a better friend
G
Now he’s traded off his Martin but his troubles are not over
C G A7 D
For his feet are almost frozen and the sun is sinking low
G
Won’t you listen to me brother, if you ever loved your mother
C G D G
Please pull off on the shoulder if you’re going Milwaukee way
C G D G
It’s ten degrees and getting colder down by Boulder dam today
He was standing by the highway, with a sign that just said “Mother”
C G A7 D
When he heard a driver coming, about a half a mile away
G
Then he held the sign up higher so no decent soul could miss it
C G D G
It was ten degrees or colder down by Boulder dam that day
G
He was raised up in Milwaukee, though he never was that famous
C G A7 D
He was just a road musician to the taverns he would go
G
Singing songs about the rambling, the loving girls and gambling
C G D G
How the world fell on his shoulders back in Boulder I don’t know
G
It was out in Arizona that he heard the lady listening
C G A7 D
To each word that he was saying, to each line that he would write
G
So he sat down by her table and they talked about the weather
C G D G
Ninety-eight point six and rising down by Boulder dam that night
G C/G
And she told him she would take him
D7/G G C G
For a ride in the morning sun
C/G
Back in Boulder he had told her
D7/G G C Dsus
I don’t know when I had a better friend
G
Now he’s traded off his Martin but his troubles are not over
C G A7 D
For his feet are almost frozen and the sun is sinking low
G
Won’t you listen to me brother, if you ever loved your mother
C G D G
Please pull off on the shoulder if you’re going Milwaukee way
C G D G
It’s ten degrees and getting colder down by Boulder dam today
