[Intro]
(Resonator guitar)
| D#m7 | B | G#m7 | G#m7 |
| D#m | C#add9 | A#m | D#m |
| D#m | D#m | D#m | D#m |
| D#m | D#m | D#m |
(Piano)
| D#5 | D#m7 | G#/D# | D# |
| D#5 | D#m7 | G#/D# | D# |
(Piano and electric guitar)
| D#5 | D#m7 | G#/D# | D# |
| D#5 | F# C# | G# | D# |
| D#5 | G#m/D# | C#sus4 | C# |
[Verse 1]
F# D#m
A long time ago came a man on a track
C# B
walking thirty miles with a sack on his back
B C# F# C#
and he put down his load where he thought it was the best
B G#m7 B (C#)
He made a home in the wilderness
F# D#m
He built a cabin and a winter store
C# B
and he ploughed up the ground by the cold lake shore
B C# F# C#
and the other travellers came walking down the track
B G#m7 B (C#)
and they never went further, no, they never went back
F# D#m
Then came the churches then came the schools
C# B
then came the lawyers then came the rules
B C# F# C#
Then came the trains and the trucks with their loads
B (D#5)
and the dirty old track was the telegraph road
[Interlude]
| D#5 | D#m7 | G#/D# | D# |
| D#5 | F# C# | G# | D# |
| D#5 | G#m/D# | C#sus4 | C# |
[Verse 2]
F# D#m
Then came the mines - then came the ore
C# B
then there was the hard times then there was a war
B C# F# C#
Telegraph sang a song about the world outside
B G#m7 B
telegraph road got so deep and so wide
B (F#)
like a rolling river. . .
[Solo]
| F# | D#m | C# | B | B C# | F# C# | B | G#m | G#m B |
| F# | D#m | C# | B | B C# | F# C# | B | G#m | G#m B |
| F# | D#m | C# | B | B C# | F# C# | B | B |
[Interlude]
| D#m | D#m7 | G# | D# |
| D#m | F# C# | G# | D# |
[Bridge]
G#m G#m
And my radio says tonight it's gonna freeze
D#m D#m
People driving home from the factories
C#
There's six lanes of traffic
A#m D#m C#
Three lanes moving slow. . .
[Piano solo]
| D#m | A#7#5 A#7 | B Fm7b5 | C# F# | G#m C# | F#sus4 F# | G#m F#/A# | B |
[Guitar solo]
| D#m | A#7#5 A#7 | B Fm7b5 | C# F# | G#m C# | F#sus4 F# | G#m F#/A# | B A#7 |
| D#m | A#7#5 A#7 | B Fm7b5 | C# F# | G#m C# | F#sus4 F# | G#m F#/A# | B A#7 |
[Piano solo]
| D#m | A#/D# | B Fm7b5 | Fm7b5 F# | B C# | B F# | G#m F#/A# | B A#7 |
| D#m | D#m | C# |
[Verse 3]
C# F# D#m
I used to like to go to work but they shut it down
C# B
I've got a right to go to work but there's no work here to be found
B C# F# C#
Yes and they say we're gonna have to pay what's owed
B G#m7 B (C#)
We're gonna have to reap from seed that's been sowed
F# D#m
And the birds up on the wires and the telegraph poles
C# B
They can always fly away from this rain and this cold
B C# F# C#
You can hear them singing out their telegraph code
B D#m
all the way down the telegraph road
[Interlude]
| D#5 | D#m7 | G#/D# | D# |
| D#5 | F# C# | G# | D# |
| D#5 | D#m7 | G#/D# | D# |
| D#5 | F# C# | G# | D# |
[Verse 4]
(D#) D#m D#m
You know I'd sooner forget but I remember those nights
C# B
When life was just a bet on a race between the lights
B C# F# C#
You had your head on my shoulder, you had your hand in my hair
B G#m7 (B)
Now you act a little colder like you don't seem to care
F# D#m
But believe in me baby and I'll take you away
C# B
From out of this darkness and into the day
B C# F# C# (F#)
From these rivers of headlights, these rivers of rain
B C# F# C# (F#)
From the anger that lives on the streets with these names
B C# F# C# (F#)
'cos I've run every red light on memory lane
B C# F# C# (F#)
I've seen desperation explode into flames
B C# F# C#
And I don't wanna see it again. . .
A#m D#m (B)
From all of these signs saying sorry but we're closed
(B)
all the way
B F# C# D#m
B F# G#m7
B F# C# D#m
B F# B (D#5)
down the telegraph road
[Solo]
| D#5 | D#m7 | G#/D# | D# | D#5 | F# C# | G# | D# | x3
(pick up pace)
| D#5 | D#m7 | G#/D# | D# | D#5 | F# C# | G# | D# | x3
(band, drums join)
| D#m | F# | G# | D# | D#m | F# C# | G# | D# | x7
(piano solo)
| D#m | F# | G# | D# | D#m | F# C# | G# | D# | x2
(guitar solo)
| D#m | F# | G# | D# | D#m | F# C# | G# | D# | x2
(bass + guitar solo)
| D#m | F# | G# | D# | D#m | F# C# | G# | D# | x2
(Fade out, keep going, whatever!)