[Intro]
(Resonator guitar)
| Em7 | C | Am7 | Am7 |
| Em | Dadd9 | Bm | Em |
| Em | Em | Em | Em |
| Em | Em | Em |
(Piano)
| E5 | Em7 | A/E | E |
| E5 | Em7 | A/E | E |
(Piano and electric guitar)
| E5 | Em7 | A/E | E |
| E5 | G D | A | E |
| E5 | Am/E | Dsus4 | D |
[Verse 1]
G Em
A long time ago came a man on a track
D C
walking thirty miles with a sack on his back
C D G D
and he put down his load where he thought it was the best
C Am7 C (D)
He made a home in the wilderness
G Em
He built a cabin and a winter store
D C
and he ploughed up the ground by the cold lake shore
C D G D
and the other travellers came walking down the track
C Am7 C (D)
and they never went further, no, they never went back
G Em
Then came the churches then came the schools
D C
then came the lawyers then came the rules
C D G D
Then came the trains and the trucks with their loads
C (E5)
and the dirty old track was the telegraph road
[Interlude]
| E5 | Em7 | A/E | E |
| E5 | G D | A | E |
| E5 | Am/E | Dsus4 | D |
[Verse 2]
G Em
Then came the mines - then came the ore
D C
then there was the hard times then there was a war
C D G D
Telegraph sang a song about the world outside
C Am7 C
telegraph road got so deep and so wide
C (G)
like a rolling river. . .
[Solo]
| G | Em | D | C | C D | G D | C | Am | Am C |
| G | Em | D | C | C D | G D | C | Am | Am C |
| G | Em | D | C | C D | G D | C | C |
[Interlude]
| Em | Em7 | A | E |
| Em | G D | A | E |
[Bridge]
Am Am
And my radio says tonight it's gonna freeze
Em Em
People driving home from the factories
D
There's six lanes of traffic
Bm Em D
Three lanes moving slow. . .
[Piano solo]
| Em | B7#5 B7 | C F#m7b5 | D G | Am D | Gsus4 G | Am G/B | C |
[Guitar solo]
| Em | B7#5 B7 | C F#m7b5 | D G | Am D | Gsus4 G | Am G/B | C B7 |
| Em | B7#5 B7 | C F#m7b5 | D G | Am D | Gsus4 G | Am G/B | C B7 |
[Piano solo]
| Em | B/E | C F#m7b5 | F#m7b5 G | C D | C G | Am G/B | C B7 |
| Em | Em | D |
[Verse 3]
D G Em
I used to like to go to work but they shut it down
D C
I've got a right to go to work but there's no work here to be found
C D G D
Yes and they say we're gonna have to pay what's owed
C Am7 C (D)
We're gonna have to reap from seed that's been sowed
G Em
And the birds up on the wires and the telegraph poles
D C
They can always fly away from this rain and this cold
C D G D
You can hear them singing out their telegraph code
C Em
all the way down the telegraph road
[Interlude]
| E5 | Em7 | A/E | E |
| E5 | G D | A | E |
| E5 | Em7 | A/E | E |
| E5 | G D | A | E |
[Verse 4]
(E) Em Em
You know I'd sooner forget but I remember those nights
D C
When life was just a bet on a race between the lights
C D G D
You had your head on my shoulder, you had your hand in my hair
C Am7 (C)
Now you act a little colder like you don't seem to care
G Em
But believe in me baby and I'll take you away
D C
From out of this darkness and into the day
C D G D (G)
From these rivers of headlights, these rivers of rain
C D G D (G)
From the anger that lives on the streets with these names
C D G D (G)
'cos I've run every red light on memory lane
C D G D (G)
I've seen desperation explode into flames
C D G D
And I don't wanna see it again. . .
Bm Em (C)
From all of these signs saying sorry but we're closed
(C)
all the way
C G D Em
C G Am7
C G D Em
C G C (E5)
down the telegraph road
[Solo]
| E5 | Em7 | A/E | E | E5 | G D | A | E | x3
(pick up pace)
| E5 | Em7 | A/E | E | E5 | G D | A | E | x3
(band, drums join)
| Em | G | A | E | Em | G D | A | E | x7
(piano solo)
| Em | G | A | E | Em | G D | A | E | x2
(guitar solo)
| Em | G | A | E | Em | G D | A | E | x2
(bass + guitar solo)
| Em | G | A | E | Em | G D | A | E | x2
(Fade out, keep going, whatever!)