[Intro]
(Resonator guitar)
| G#m7 | E | C#m7 | C#m7 |
| G#m | F#add9 | D#m | G#m |
| G#m | G#m | G#m | G#m |
| G#m | G#m | G#m |
(Piano)
| G#5 | G#m7 | C#/G# | G# |
| G#5 | G#m7 | C#/G# | G# |
(Piano and electric guitar)
| G#5 | G#m7 | C#/G# | G# |
| G#5 | B F# | C# | G# |
| G#5 | C#m/G# | F#sus4 | F# |
[Verse 1]
B G#m
A long time ago came a man on a track
F# E
walking thirty miles with a sack on his back
E F# B F#
and he put down his load where he thought it was the best
E C#m7 E (F#)
He made a home in the wilderness
B G#m
He built a cabin and a winter store
F# E
and he ploughed up the ground by the cold lake shore
E F# B F#
and the other travellers came walking down the track
E C#m7 E (F#)
and they never went further, no, they never went back
B G#m
Then came the churches then came the schools
F# E
then came the lawyers then came the rules
E F# B F#
Then came the trains and the trucks with their loads
E (G#5)
and the dirty old track was the telegraph road
[Interlude]
| G#5 | G#m7 | C#/G# | G# |
| G#5 | B F# | C# | G# |
| G#5 | C#m/G# | F#sus4 | F# |
[Verse 2]
B G#m
Then came the mines - then came the ore
F# E
then there was the hard times then there was a war
E F# B F#
Telegraph sang a song about the world outside
E C#m7 E
telegraph road got so deep and so wide
E (B)
like a rolling river. . .
[Solo]
| B | G#m | F# | E | E F# | B F# | E | C#m | C#m E |
| B | G#m | F# | E | E F# | B F# | E | C#m | C#m E |
| B | G#m | F# | E | E F# | B F# | E | E |
[Interlude]
| G#m | G#m7 | C# | G# |
| G#m | B F# | C# | G# |
[Bridge]
C#m C#m
And my radio says tonight it's gonna freeze
G#m G#m
People driving home from the factories
F#
There's six lanes of traffic
D#m G#m F#
Three lanes moving slow. . .
[Piano solo]
| G#m | D#7#5 D#7 | E A#m7b5 | F# B | C#m F# | Bsus4 B | C#m B/D# | E |
[Guitar solo]
| G#m | D#7#5 D#7 | E A#m7b5 | F# B | C#m F# | Bsus4 B | C#m B/D# | E D#7 |
| G#m | D#7#5 D#7 | E A#m7b5 | F# B | C#m F# | Bsus4 B | C#m B/D# | E D#7 |
[Piano solo]
| G#m | D#/G# | E A#m7b5 | A#m7b5 B | E F# | E B | C#m B/D# | E D#7 |
| G#m | G#m | F# |
[Verse 3]
F# B G#m
I used to like to go to work but they shut it down
F# E
I've got a right to go to work but there's no work here to be found
E F# B F#
Yes and they say we're gonna have to pay what's owed
E C#m7 E (F#)
We're gonna have to reap from seed that's been sowed
B G#m
And the birds up on the wires and the telegraph poles
F# E
They can always fly away from this rain and this cold
E F# B F#
You can hear them singing out their telegraph code
E G#m
all the way down the telegraph road
[Interlude]
| G#5 | G#m7 | C#/G# | G# |
| G#5 | B F# | C# | G# |
| G#5 | G#m7 | C#/G# | G# |
| G#5 | B F# | C# | G# |
[Verse 4]
(G#) G#m G#m
You know I'd sooner forget but I remember those nights
F# E
When life was just a bet on a race between the lights
E F# B F#
You had your head on my shoulder, you had your hand in my hair
E C#m7 (E)
Now you act a little colder like you don't seem to care
B G#m
But believe in me baby and I'll take you away
F# E
From out of this darkness and into the day
E F# B F# (B)
From these rivers of headlights, these rivers of rain
E F# B F# (B)
From the anger that lives on the streets with these names
E F# B F# (B)
'cos I've run every red light on memory lane
E F# B F# (B)
I've seen desperation explode into flames
E F# B F#
And I don't wanna see it again. . .
D#m G#m (E)
From all of these signs saying sorry but we're closed
(E)
all the way
E B F# G#m
E B C#m7
E B F# G#m
E B E (G#5)
down the telegraph road
[Solo]
| G#5 | G#m7 | C#/G# | G# | G#5 | B F# | C# | G# | x3
(pick up pace)
| G#5 | G#m7 | C#/G# | G# | G#5 | B F# | C# | G# | x3
(band, drums join)
| G#m | B | C# | G# | G#m | B F# | C# | G# | x7
(piano solo)
| G#m | B | C# | G# | G#m | B F# | C# | G# | x2
(guitar solo)
| G#m | B | C# | G# | G#m | B F# | C# | G# | x2
(bass + guitar solo)
| G#m | B | C# | G# | G#m | B F# | C# | G# | x2
(Fade out, keep going, whatever!)