[Intro]
(Resonator guitar)
| Am7 | F | Dm7 | Dm7 |
| Am | Gadd9 | Em | Am |
| Am | Am | Am | Am |
| Am | Am | Am |
(Piano)
| A5 | Am7 | D/A | A |
| A5 | Am7 | D/A | A |
(Piano and electric guitar)
| A5 | Am7 | D/A | A |
| A5 | C G | D | A |
| A5 | Dm/A | Gsus4 | G |
[Verse 1]
C Am
A long time ago came a man on a track
G F
walking thirty miles with a sack on his back
F G C G
and he put down his load where he thought it was the best
F Dm7 F (G)
He made a home in the wilderness
C Am
He built a cabin and a winter store
G F
and he ploughed up the ground by the cold lake shore
F G C G
and the other travellers came walking down the track
F Dm7 F (G)
and they never went further, no, they never went back
C Am
Then came the churches then came the schools
G F
then came the lawyers then came the rules
F G C G
Then came the trains and the trucks with their loads
F (A5)
and the dirty old track was the telegraph road
[Interlude]
| A5 | Am7 | D/A | A |
| A5 | C G | D | A |
| A5 | Dm/A | Gsus4 | G |
[Verse 2]
C Am
Then came the mines - then came the ore
G F
then there was the hard times then there was a war
F G C G
Telegraph sang a song about the world outside
F Dm7 F
telegraph road got so deep and so wide
F (C)
like a rolling river. . .
[Solo]
| C | Am | G | F | F G | C G | F | Dm | Dm F |
| C | Am | G | F | F G | C G | F | Dm | Dm F |
| C | Am | G | F | F G | C G | F | F |
[Interlude]
| Am | Am7 | D | A |
| Am | C G | D | A |
[Bridge]
Dm Dm
And my radio says tonight it's gonna freeze
Am Am
People driving home from the factories
G
There's six lanes of traffic
Em Am G
Three lanes moving slow. . .
[Piano solo]
| Am | E7#5 E7 | F Bm7b5 | G C | Dm G | Csus4 C | Dm C/E | F |
[Guitar solo]
| Am | E7#5 E7 | F Bm7b5 | G C | Dm G | Csus4 C | Dm C/E | F E7 |
| Am | E7#5 E7 | F Bm7b5 | G C | Dm G | Csus4 C | Dm C/E | F E7 |
[Piano solo]
| Am | E/A | F Bm7b5 | Bm7b5 C | F G | F C | Dm C/E | F E7 |
| Am | Am | G |
[Verse 3]
G C Am
I used to like to go to work but they shut it down
G F
I've got a right to go to work but there's no work here to be found
F G C G
Yes and they say we're gonna have to pay what's owed
F Dm7 F (G)
We're gonna have to reap from seed that's been sowed
C Am
And the birds up on the wires and the telegraph poles
G F
They can always fly away from this rain and this cold
F G C G
You can hear them singing out their telegraph code
F Am
all the way down the telegraph road
[Interlude]
| A5 | Am7 | D/A | A |
| A5 | C G | D | A |
| A5 | Am7 | D/A | A |
| A5 | C G | D | A |
[Verse 4]
(A) Am Am
You know I'd sooner forget but I remember those nights
G F
When life was just a bet on a race between the lights
F G C G
You had your head on my shoulder, you had your hand in my hair
F Dm7 (F)
Now you act a little colder like you don't seem to care
C Am
But believe in me baby and I'll take you away
G F
From out of this darkness and into the day
F G C G (C)
From these rivers of headlights, these rivers of rain
F G C G (C)
From the anger that lives on the streets with these names
F G C G (C)
'cos I've run every red light on memory lane
F G C G (C)
I've seen desperation explode into flames
F G C G
And I don't wanna see it again. . .
Em Am (F)
From all of these signs saying sorry but we're closed
(F)
all the way
F C G Am
F C Dm7
F C G Am
F C F (A5)
down the telegraph road
[Solo]
| A5 | Am7 | D/A | A | A5 | C G | D | A | x3
(pick up pace)
| A5 | Am7 | D/A | A | A5 | C G | D | A | x3
(band, drums join)
| Am | C | D | A | Am | C G | D | A | x7
(piano solo)
| Am | C | D | A | Am | C G | D | A | x2
(guitar solo)
| Am | C | D | A | Am | C G | D | A | x2
(bass + guitar solo)
| Am | C | D | A | Am | C G | D | A | x2
(Fade out, keep going, whatever!)