[Intro]
(Resonator guitar)
| Bm7 | G | Em7 | Em7 |
| Bm | Aadd9 | F#m | Bm |
| Bm | Bm | Bm | Bm |
| Bm | Bm | Bm |
(Piano)
| B5 | Bm7 | E/B | B |
| B5 | Bm7 | E/B | B |
(Piano and electric guitar)
| B5 | Bm7 | E/B | B |
| B5 | D A | E | B |
| B5 | Em/B | Asus4 | A |
[Verse 1]
D Bm
A long time ago came a man on a track
A G
walking thirty miles with a sack on his back
G A D A
and he put down his load where he thought it was the best
G Em7 G (A)
He made a home in the wilderness
D Bm
He built a cabin and a winter store
A G
and he ploughed up the ground by the cold lake shore
G A D A
and the other travellers came walking down the track
G Em7 G (A)
and they never went further, no, they never went back
D Bm
Then came the churches then came the schools
A G
then came the lawyers then came the rules
G A D A
Then came the trains and the trucks with their loads
G (B5)
and the dirty old track was the telegraph road
[Interlude]
| B5 | Bm7 | E/B | B |
| B5 | D A | E | B |
| B5 | Em/B | Asus4 | A |
[Verse 2]
D Bm
Then came the mines - then came the ore
A G
then there was the hard times then there was a war
G A D A
Telegraph sang a song about the world outside
G Em7 G
telegraph road got so deep and so wide
G (D)
like a rolling river. . .
[Solo]
| D | Bm | A | G | G A | D A | G | Em | Em G |
| D | Bm | A | G | G A | D A | G | Em | Em G |
| D | Bm | A | G | G A | D A | G | G |
[Interlude]
| Bm | Bm7 | E | B |
| Bm | D A | E | B |
[Bridge]
Em Em
And my radio says tonight it's gonna freeze
Bm Bm
People driving home from the factories
A
There's six lanes of traffic
F#m Bm A
Three lanes moving slow. . .
[Piano solo]
| Bm | F#7#5 F#7 | G C#m7b5 | A D | Em A | Dsus4 D | Em D/F# | G |
[Guitar solo]
| Bm | F#7#5 F#7 | G C#m7b5 | A D | Em A | Dsus4 D | Em D/F# | G F#7 |
| Bm | F#7#5 F#7 | G C#m7b5 | A D | Em A | Dsus4 D | Em D/F# | G F#7 |
[Piano solo]
| Bm | F#/B | G C#m7b5 | C#m7b5 D | G A | G D | Em D/F# | G F#7 |
| Bm | Bm | A |
[Verse 3]
A D Bm
I used to like to go to work but they shut it down
A G
I've got a right to go to work but there's no work here to be found
G A D A
Yes and they say we're gonna have to pay what's owed
G Em7 G (A)
We're gonna have to reap from seed that's been sowed
D Bm
And the birds up on the wires and the telegraph poles
A G
They can always fly away from this rain and this cold
G A D A
You can hear them singing out their telegraph code
G Bm
all the way down the telegraph road
[Interlude]
| B5 | Bm7 | E/B | B |
| B5 | D A | E | B |
| B5 | Bm7 | E/B | B |
| B5 | D A | E | B |
[Verse 4]
(B) Bm Bm
You know I'd sooner forget but I remember those nights
A G
When life was just a bet on a race between the lights
G A D A
You had your head on my shoulder, you had your hand in my hair
G Em7 (G)
Now you act a little colder like you don't seem to care
D Bm
But believe in me baby and I'll take you away
A G
From out of this darkness and into the day
G A D A (D)
From these rivers of headlights, these rivers of rain
G A D A (D)
From the anger that lives on the streets with these names
G A D A (D)
'cos I've run every red light on memory lane
G A D A (D)
I've seen desperation explode into flames
G A D A
And I don't wanna see it again. . .
F#m Bm (G)
From all of these signs saying sorry but we're closed
(G)
all the way
G D A Bm
G D Em7
G D A Bm
G D G (B5)
down the telegraph road
[Solo]
| B5 | Bm7 | E/B | B | B5 | D A | E | B | x3
(pick up pace)
| B5 | Bm7 | E/B | B | B5 | D A | E | B | x3
(band, drums join)
| Bm | D | E | B | Bm | D A | E | B | x7
(piano solo)
| Bm | D | E | B | Bm | D A | E | B | x2
(guitar solo)
| Bm | D | E | B | Bm | D A | E | B | x2
(bass + guitar solo)
| Bm | D | E | B | Bm | D A | E | B | x2
(Fade out, keep going, whatever!)