[Intro]
(Resonator guitar)
| F#m7 | D | Bm7 | Bm7 |
| F#m | Eadd9 | C#m | F#m |
| F#m | F#m | F#m | F#m |
| F#m | F#m | F#m |
(Piano)
| F#5 | F#m7 | B/F# | F# |
| F#5 | F#m7 | B/F# | F# |
(Piano and electric guitar)
| F#5 | F#m7 | B/F# | F# |
| F#5 | A E | B | F# |
| F#5 | Bm/F# | Esus4 | E |
[Verse 1]
A F#m
A long time ago came a man on a track
E D
walking thirty miles with a sack on his back
D E A E
and he put down his load where he thought it was the best
D Bm7 D (E)
He made a home in the wilderness
A F#m
He built a cabin and a winter store
E D
and he ploughed up the ground by the cold lake shore
D E A E
and the other travellers came walking down the track
D Bm7 D (E)
and they never went further, no, they never went back
A F#m
Then came the churches then came the schools
E D
then came the lawyers then came the rules
D E A E
Then came the trains and the trucks with their loads
D (F#5)
and the dirty old track was the telegraph road
[Interlude]
| F#5 | F#m7 | B/F# | F# |
| F#5 | A E | B | F# |
| F#5 | Bm/F# | Esus4 | E |
[Verse 2]
A F#m
Then came the mines - then came the ore
E D
then there was the hard times then there was a war
D E A E
Telegraph sang a song about the world outside
D Bm7 D
telegraph road got so deep and so wide
D (A)
like a rolling river. . .
[Solo]
| A | F#m | E | D | D E | A E | D | Bm | Bm D |
| A | F#m | E | D | D E | A E | D | Bm | Bm D |
| A | F#m | E | D | D E | A E | D | D |
[Interlude]
| F#m | F#m7 | B | F# |
| F#m | A E | B | F# |
[Bridge]
Bm Bm
And my radio says tonight it's gonna freeze
F#m F#m
People driving home from the factories
E
There's six lanes of traffic
C#m F#m E
Three lanes moving slow. . .
[Piano solo]
| F#m | C#7#5 C#7 | D G#m7b5 | E A | Bm E | Asus4 A | Bm A/C# | D |
[Guitar solo]
| F#m | C#7#5 C#7 | D G#m7b5 | E A | Bm E | Asus4 A | Bm A/C# | D C#7 |
| F#m | C#7#5 C#7 | D G#m7b5 | E A | Bm E | Asus4 A | Bm A/C# | D C#7 |
[Piano solo]
| F#m | C#/F# | D G#m7b5 | G#m7b5 A | D E | D A | Bm A/C# | D C#7 |
| F#m | F#m | E |
[Verse 3]
E A F#m
I used to like to go to work but they shut it down
E D
I've got a right to go to work but there's no work here to be found
D E A E
Yes and they say we're gonna have to pay what's owed
D Bm7 D (E)
We're gonna have to reap from seed that's been sowed
A F#m
And the birds up on the wires and the telegraph poles
E D
They can always fly away from this rain and this cold
D E A E
You can hear them singing out their telegraph code
D F#m
all the way down the telegraph road
[Interlude]
| F#5 | F#m7 | B/F# | F# |
| F#5 | A E | B | F# |
| F#5 | F#m7 | B/F# | F# |
| F#5 | A E | B | F# |
[Verse 4]
(F#) F#m F#m
You know I'd sooner forget but I remember those nights
E D
When life was just a bet on a race between the lights
D E A E
You had your head on my shoulder, you had your hand in my hair
D Bm7 (D)
Now you act a little colder like you don't seem to care
A F#m
But believe in me baby and I'll take you away
E D
From out of this darkness and into the day
D E A E (A)
From these rivers of headlights, these rivers of rain
D E A E (A)
From the anger that lives on the streets with these names
D E A E (A)
'cos I've run every red light on memory lane
D E A E (A)
I've seen desperation explode into flames
D E A E
And I don't wanna see it again. . .
C#m F#m (D)
From all of these signs saying sorry but we're closed
(D)
all the way
D A E F#m
D A Bm7
D A E F#m
D A D (F#5)
down the telegraph road
[Solo]
| F#5 | F#m7 | B/F# | F# | F#5 | A E | B | F# | x3
(pick up pace)
| F#5 | F#m7 | B/F# | F# | F#5 | A E | B | F# | x3
(band, drums join)
| F#m | A | B | F# | F#m | A E | B | F# | x7
(piano solo)
| F#m | A | B | F# | F#m | A E | B | F# | x2
(guitar solo)
| F#m | A | B | F# | F#m | A E | B | F# | x2
(bass + guitar solo)
| F#m | A | B | F# | F#m | A E | B | F# | x2
(Fade out, keep going, whatever!)