[Intro]
(Resonator guitar)
| A#m7 | F# | D#m7 | D#m7 |
| A#m | G#add9 | Fm | A#m |
| A#m | A#m | A#m | A#m |
| A#m | A#m | A#m |
(Piano)
| A#5 | A#m7 | D#/A# | A# |
| A#5 | A#m7 | D#/A# | A# |
(Piano and electric guitar)
| A#5 | A#m7 | D#/A# | A# |
| A#5 | C# G# | D# | A# |
| A#5 | D#m/A# | G#sus4 | G# |
[Verse 1]
C# A#m
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# D#m7 F# (G#)
He made a home in the wilderness
C# A#m
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# D#m7 F# (G#)
and they never went further, no, they never went back
C# A#m
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# (A#5)
and the dirty old track was the telegraph road
[Interlude]
| A#5 | A#m7 | D#/A# | A# |
| A#5 | C# G# | D# | A# |
| A#5 | D#m/A# | G#sus4 | G# |
[Verse 2]
C# A#m
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# D#m7 F#
telegraph road got so deep and so wide
F# (C#)
like a rolling river. . .
[Solo]
| C# | A#m | G# | F# | F# G# | C# G# | F# | D#m | D#m F# |
| C# | A#m | G# | F# | F# G# | C# G# | F# | D#m | D#m F# |
| C# | A#m | G# | F# | F# G# | C# G# | F# | F# |
[Interlude]
| A#m | A#m7 | D# | A# |
| A#m | C# G# | D# | A# |
[Bridge]
D#m D#m
And my radio says tonight it's gonna freeze
A#m A#m
People driving home from the factories
G#
There's six lanes of traffic
Fm A#m G#
Three lanes moving slow. . .
[Piano solo]
| A#m | F7#5 F7 | F# Cm7b5 | G# C# | D#m G# | C#sus4 C# | D#m C#/F | F# |
[Guitar solo]
| A#m | F7#5 F7 | F# Cm7b5 | G# C# | D#m G# | C#sus4 C# | D#m C#/F | F# F7 |
| A#m | F7#5 F7 | F# Cm7b5 | G# C# | D#m G# | C#sus4 C# | D#m C#/F | F# F7 |
[Piano solo]
| A#m | F/A# | F# Cm7b5 | Cm7b5 C# | F# G# | F# C# | D#m C#/F | F# F7 |
| A#m | A#m | G# |
[Verse 3]
G# C# A#m
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# D#m7 F# (G#)
We're gonna have to reap from seed that's been sowed
C# A#m
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# A#m
all the way down the telegraph road
[Interlude]
| A#5 | A#m7 | D#/A# | A# |
| A#5 | C# G# | D# | A# |
| A#5 | A#m7 | D#/A# | A# |
| A#5 | C# G# | D# | A# |
[Verse 4]
(A#) A#m A#m
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# D#m7 (F#)
Now you act a little colder like you don't seem to care
C# A#m
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. . .
Fm A#m (F#)
From all of these signs saying sorry but we're closed
(F#)
all the way
F# C# G# A#m
F# C# D#m7
F# C# G# A#m
F# C# F# (A#5)
down the telegraph road
[Solo]
| A#5 | A#m7 | D#/A# | A# | A#5 | C# G# | D# | A# | x3
(pick up pace)
| A#5 | A#m7 | D#/A# | A# | A#5 | C# G# | D# | A# | x3
(band, drums join)
| A#m | C# | D# | A# | A#m | C# G# | D# | A# | x7
(piano solo)
| A#m | C# | D# | A# | A#m | C# G# | D# | A# | x2
(guitar solo)
| A#m | C# | D# | A# | A#m | C# G# | D# | A# | x2
(bass + guitar solo)
| A#m | C# | D# | A# | A#m | C# G# | D# | A# | x2
(Fade out, keep going, whatever!)