[Intro]
(Resonator guitar)
| Fm7 | C# | A#m7 | A#m7 |
| Fm | D#add9 | Cm | Fm |
| Fm | Fm | Fm | Fm |
| Fm | Fm | Fm |
(Piano)
| F5 | Fm7 | A#/F | F |
| F5 | Fm7 | A#/F | F |
(Piano and electric guitar)
| F5 | Fm7 | A#/F | F |
| F5 | G# D# | A# | F |
| F5 | A#m/F | D#sus4 | D# |
[Verse 1]
G# Fm
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# A#m7 C# (D#)
He made a home in the wilderness
G# Fm
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# A#m7 C# (D#)
and they never went further, no, they never went back
G# Fm
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# (F5)
and the dirty old track was the telegraph road
[Interlude]
| F5 | Fm7 | A#/F | F |
| F5 | G# D# | A# | F |
| F5 | A#m/F | D#sus4 | D# |
[Verse 2]
G# Fm
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# A#m7 C#
telegraph road got so deep and so wide
C# (G#)
like a rolling river. . .
[Solo]
| G# | Fm | D# | C# | C# D# | G# D# | C# | A#m | A#m C# |
| G# | Fm | D# | C# | C# D# | G# D# | C# | A#m | A#m C# |
| G# | Fm | D# | C# | C# D# | G# D# | C# | C# |
[Interlude]
| Fm | Fm7 | A# | F |
| Fm | G# D# | A# | F |
[Bridge]
A#m A#m
And my radio says tonight it's gonna freeze
Fm Fm
People driving home from the factories
D#
There's six lanes of traffic
Cm Fm D#
Three lanes moving slow. . .
[Piano solo]
| Fm | C7#5 C7 | C# Gm7b5 | D# G# | A#m D# | G#sus4 G# | A#m G#/C | C# |
[Guitar solo]
| Fm | C7#5 C7 | C# Gm7b5 | D# G# | A#m D# | G#sus4 G# | A#m G#/C | C# C7 |
| Fm | C7#5 C7 | C# Gm7b5 | D# G# | A#m D# | G#sus4 G# | A#m G#/C | C# C7 |
[Piano solo]
| Fm | C/F | C# Gm7b5 | Gm7b5 G# | C# D# | C# G# | A#m G#/C | C# C7 |
| Fm | Fm | D# |
[Verse 3]
D# G# Fm
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# A#m7 C# (D#)
We're gonna have to reap from seed that's been sowed
G# Fm
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# Fm
all the way down the telegraph road
[Interlude]
| F5 | Fm7 | A#/F | F |
| F5 | G# D# | A# | F |
| F5 | Fm7 | A#/F | F |
| F5 | G# D# | A# | F |
[Verse 4]
(F) Fm Fm
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# A#m7 (C#)
Now you act a little colder like you don't seem to care
G# Fm
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. . .
Cm Fm (C#)
From all of these signs saying sorry but we're closed
(C#)
all the way
C# G# D# Fm
C# G# A#m7
C# G# D# Fm
C# G# C# (F5)
down the telegraph road
[Solo]
| F5 | Fm7 | A#/F | F | F5 | G# D# | A# | F | x3
(pick up pace)
| F5 | Fm7 | A#/F | F | F5 | G# D# | A# | F | x3
(band, drums join)
| Fm | G# | A# | F | Fm | G# D# | A# | F | x7
(piano solo)
| Fm | G# | A# | F | Fm | G# D# | A# | F | x2
(guitar solo)
| Fm | G# | A# | F | Fm | G# D# | A# | F | x2
(bass + guitar solo)
| Fm | G# | A# | F | Fm | G# D# | A# | F | x2
(Fade out, keep going, whatever!)