[Intro]
(Resonator guitar)
| Gm7 | D# | Cm7 | Cm7 |
| Gm | Fadd9 | Dm | Gm |
| Gm | Gm | Gm | Gm |
| Gm | Gm | Gm |
(Piano)
| G5 | Gm7 | C/G | G |
| G5 | Gm7 | C/G | G |
(Piano and electric guitar)
| G5 | Gm7 | C/G | G |
| G5 | A# F | C | G |
| G5 | Cm/G | Fsus4 | F |
[Verse 1]
A# Gm
A long time ago came a man on a track
F D#
walking thirty miles with a sack on his back
D# F A# F
and he put down his load where he thought it was the best
D# Cm7 D# (F)
He made a home in the wilderness
A# Gm
He built a cabin and a winter store
F D#
and he ploughed up the ground by the cold lake shore
D# F A# F
and the other travellers came walking down the track
D# Cm7 D# (F)
and they never went further, no, they never went back
A# Gm
Then came the churches then came the schools
F D#
then came the lawyers then came the rules
D# F A# F
Then came the trains and the trucks with their loads
D# (G5)
and the dirty old track was the telegraph road
[Interlude]
| G5 | Gm7 | C/G | G |
| G5 | A# F | C | G |
| G5 | Cm/G | Fsus4 | F |
[Verse 2]
A# Gm
Then came the mines - then came the ore
F D#
then there was the hard times then there was a war
D# F A# F
Telegraph sang a song about the world outside
D# Cm7 D#
telegraph road got so deep and so wide
D# (A#)
like a rolling river. . .
[Solo]
| A# | Gm | F | D# | D# F | A# F | D# | Cm | Cm D# |
| A# | Gm | F | D# | D# F | A# F | D# | Cm | Cm D# |
| A# | Gm | F | D# | D# F | A# F | D# | D# |
[Interlude]
| Gm | Gm7 | C | G |
| Gm | A# F | C | G |
[Bridge]
Cm Cm
And my radio says tonight it's gonna freeze
Gm Gm
People driving home from the factories
F
There's six lanes of traffic
Dm Gm F
Three lanes moving slow. . .
[Piano solo]
| Gm | D7#5 D7 | D# Am7b5 | F A# | Cm F | A#sus4 A# | Cm A#/D | D# |
[Guitar solo]
| Gm | D7#5 D7 | D# Am7b5 | F A# | Cm F | A#sus4 A# | Cm A#/D | D# D7 |
| Gm | D7#5 D7 | D# Am7b5 | F A# | Cm F | A#sus4 A# | Cm A#/D | D# D7 |
[Piano solo]
| Gm | D/G | D# Am7b5 | Am7b5 A# | D# F | D# A# | Cm A#/D | D# D7 |
| Gm | Gm | F |
[Verse 3]
F A# Gm
I used to like to go to work but they shut it down
F D#
I've got a right to go to work but there's no work here to be found
D# F A# F
Yes and they say we're gonna have to pay what's owed
D# Cm7 D# (F)
We're gonna have to reap from seed that's been sowed
A# Gm
And the birds up on the wires and the telegraph poles
F D#
They can always fly away from this rain and this cold
D# F A# F
You can hear them singing out their telegraph code
D# Gm
all the way down the telegraph road
[Interlude]
| G5 | Gm7 | C/G | G |
| G5 | A# F | C | G |
| G5 | Gm7 | C/G | G |
| G5 | A# F | C | G |
[Verse 4]
(G) Gm Gm
You know I'd sooner forget but I remember those nights
F D#
When life was just a bet on a race between the lights
D# F A# F
You had your head on my shoulder, you had your hand in my hair
D# Cm7 (D#)
Now you act a little colder like you don't seem to care
A# Gm
But believe in me baby and I'll take you away
F D#
From out of this darkness and into the day
D# F A# F (A#)
From these rivers of headlights, these rivers of rain
D# F A# F (A#)
From the anger that lives on the streets with these names
D# F A# F (A#)
'cos I've run every red light on memory lane
D# F A# F (A#)
I've seen desperation explode into flames
D# F A# F
And I don't wanna see it again. . .
Dm Gm (D#)
From all of these signs saying sorry but we're closed
(D#)
all the way
D# A# F Gm
D# A# Cm7
D# A# F Gm
D# A# D# (G5)
down the telegraph road
[Solo]
| G5 | Gm7 | C/G | G | G5 | A# F | C | G | x3
(pick up pace)
| G5 | Gm7 | C/G | G | G5 | A# F | C | G | x3
(band, drums join)
| Gm | A# | C | G | Gm | A# F | C | G | x7
(piano solo)
| Gm | A# | C | G | Gm | A# F | C | G | x2
(guitar solo)
| Gm | A# | C | G | Gm | A# F | C | G | x2
(bass + guitar solo)
| Gm | A# | C | G | Gm | A# F | C | G | x2
(Fade out, keep going, whatever!)