C
He was standing by the highway
F
C
When he heard a driver coming
D7
G
About a half a mile away
C
And he held the sign up higher
So no decent soul could miss it
G
C
Down by Boulder Dam that day
F
C
He was just a road musician
D7
G
To the taverns he would go
C
Singing songs about the rambling
The loving girls and gambling
G
C
Back in Boulder I don't know
C
F
C4
C
F
G7
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
C
So he sat down by her table
And they talked about the weather
G
C
Down by Boulder Dam that night
F
C4
And she told him she would take him
F
For a ride in the morning sun
C4
Back in Boulder he had told her
F
G7
"I don't know when I had a better friend"
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
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
C
It's ten degrees and getting colder
G
C
Down by Boulder Dam today