[Intro]
(Resonator guitar)
| C#m7 | A | F#m7 | F#m7 |
| C#m | Badd9 | G#m | C#m |
| C#m | C#m | C#m | C#m |
| C#m | C#m | C#m |
(Piano)
| C#5 | C#m7 | F#/C# | C# |
| C#5 | C#m7 | F#/C# | C# |
(Piano and electric guitar)
| C#5 | C#m7 | F#/C# | C# |
| C#5 | E B | F# | C# |
| C#5 | F#m/C# | Bsus4 | B |
[Verse 1]
E C#m
A long time ago came a man on a track
B A
walking thirty miles with a sack on his back
A B E B
and he put down his load where he thought it was the best
A F#m7 A (B)
He made a home in the wilderness
E C#m
He built a cabin and a winter store
B A
and he ploughed up the ground by the cold lake shore
A B E B
and the other travellers came walking down the track
A F#m7 A (B)
and they never went further, no, they never went back
E C#m
Then came the churches then came the schools
B A
then came the lawyers then came the rules
A B E B
Then came the trains and the trucks with their loads
A (C#5)
and the dirty old track was the telegraph road
[Interlude]
| C#5 | C#m7 | F#/C# | C# |
| C#5 | E B | F# | C# |
| C#5 | F#m/C# | Bsus4 | B |
[Verse 2]
E C#m
Then came the mines - then came the ore
B A
then there was the hard times then there was a war
A B E B
Telegraph sang a song about the world outside
A F#m7 A
telegraph road got so deep and so wide
A (E)
like a rolling river. . .
[Solo]
| E | C#m | B | A | A B | E B | A | F#m | F#m A |
| E | C#m | B | A | A B | E B | A | F#m | F#m A |
| E | C#m | B | A | A B | E B | A | A |
[Interlude]
| C#m | C#m7 | F# | C# |
| C#m | E B | F# | C# |
[Bridge]
F#m F#m
And my radio says tonight it's gonna freeze
C#m C#m
People driving home from the factories
B
There's six lanes of traffic
G#m C#m B
Three lanes moving slow. . .
[Piano solo]
| C#m | G#7#5 G#7 | A D#m7b5 | B E | F#m B | Esus4 E | F#m E/G# | A |
[Guitar solo]
| C#m | G#7#5 G#7 | A D#m7b5 | B E | F#m B | Esus4 E | F#m E/G# | A G#7 |
| C#m | G#7#5 G#7 | A D#m7b5 | B E | F#m B | Esus4 E | F#m E/G# | A G#7 |
[Piano solo]
| C#m | G#/C# | A D#m7b5 | D#m7b5 E | A B | A E | F#m E/G# | A G#7 |
| C#m | C#m | B |
[Verse 3]
B E C#m
I used to like to go to work but they shut it down
B A
I've got a right to go to work but there's no work here to be found
A B E B
Yes and they say we're gonna have to pay what's owed
A F#m7 A (B)
We're gonna have to reap from seed that's been sowed
E C#m
And the birds up on the wires and the telegraph poles
B A
They can always fly away from this rain and this cold
A B E B
You can hear them singing out their telegraph code
A C#m
all the way down the telegraph road
[Interlude]
| C#5 | C#m7 | F#/C# | C# |
| C#5 | E B | F# | C# |
| C#5 | C#m7 | F#/C# | C# |
| C#5 | E B | F# | C# |
[Verse 4]
(C#) C#m C#m
You know I'd sooner forget but I remember those nights
B A
When life was just a bet on a race between the lights
A B E B
You had your head on my shoulder, you had your hand in my hair
A F#m7 (A)
Now you act a little colder like you don't seem to care
E C#m
But believe in me baby and I'll take you away
B A
From out of this darkness and into the day
A B E B (E)
From these rivers of headlights, these rivers of rain
A B E B (E)
From the anger that lives on the streets with these names
A B E B (E)
'cos I've run every red light on memory lane
A B E B (E)
I've seen desperation explode into flames
A B E B
And I don't wanna see it again. . .
G#m C#m (A)
From all of these signs saying sorry but we're closed
(A)
all the way
A E B C#m
A E F#m7
A E B C#m
A E A (C#5)
down the telegraph road
[Solo]
| C#5 | C#m7 | F#/C# | C# | C#5 | E B | F# | C# | x3
(pick up pace)
| C#5 | C#m7 | F#/C# | C# | C#5 | E B | F# | C# | x3
(band, drums join)
| C#m | E | F# | C# | C#m | E B | F# | C# | x7
(piano solo)
| C#m | E | F# | C# | C#m | E B | F# | C# | x2
(guitar solo)
| C#m | E | F# | C# | C#m | E B | F# | C# | x2
(bass + guitar solo)
| C#m | E | F# | C# | C#m | E B | F# | C# | x2
(Fade out, keep going, whatever!)