2 acessos
[INTRO:] C [VERSE 1:] He was standing by the highway With a sign that just said 'Mother' F C When he heard a driver coming D7 G About a half a mile away [VERSE 2:] C And he held the sign up higher So no decent soul could miss it It was ten degrees or colder G C Down by Boulder Dam that day [VERSE 3:] He was raised up in Milwaukee Though he never was that famous F C He was just a road musician D7 G To the taverns he would go [VERSE 4:] C Singing songs about the rambling The loving girls and gambling How the world fell on his shoulders G C Back in Boulder I don't know [INSTRUMENTAL:] C F Csus4 C F G7 [VERSE 5:] C It was out in Arizona That he heard the lady listening F C To each word that he was singing D7 G To each line that he would write [VERSE 6:] C So he sat down by her table And they talked about the weather 98.6 and rising G C Down by Boulder Dam that night [BRIDGE:] F Csus4 And she told him she would take him F For a ride in the morning sun Csus4 Back in Boulder he had told her F G7 "I don't know when I had a better friend" [VERSE 7:] C Now he's traded off his Martin But his troubles are not over F C For his feet are almost frozen D7 G And the sun is sinking low [VERSE 8:] C Won't you listen to me brother If you've ever loved your mother F C Please pull off on the shoulder D7 G If you're going Milwaukee way [OUTRO:] C It's ten degrees and getting colder G C Down by Boulder Dam today