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Gm / Bb Gm / - Dm / - C / Am Bb/D / Dm7 / G/D D / Dm7 C/D / G/D D / Dm7 G/D / D Dm / F C G / D D7 / Gm C
A Flong time ago came a Dmman on a track Cwalking thirty miles with a Bbsack on his back F and he Bbput down his load Cwhere he Fthought it was the bestC7 Bbhe made a home in the wildGm7erness Bb Fhe built a Dmcabin and a winter store and he Cploughed up the ground Amby the Bbcold lake shore F Bband the other Ctravellers came Friding down the Ctrack and they Bbnever went further F/Aand they Gm7never went back Bb Fthen came the churches Dmthen came the schools Cthen came the lawyers Bbthen came the rules F Bbthen came the Csus4trains and Cthe Ftrucks with their Cloads and the Bbdirty old trackBb was the telegraph road Dm
FThen came the mines - Dmthen came the ore Cthen there was the hard times Bbthen there was Bba Fwar Bbtelegraph sang a Csong aFbout the world outC7side Bbtelegraph road got so Gm7deep and so wide Bblike a rolling Friver. . .
Dm / C Am Bb F / Bb C F C / Bb F/A Gm7 / Bb F / Dm C / Bb F Bb Csus4 C / F C Bb / Bb Gm7 Bb / F Dm / C Bb F/A / Bb C F C / Bb Bb / Dm Dm7 / G D / Dm C F C / G
D D7/F#And my Gradio says tonight it's gonna freeze Dmpeople driving home from the factories there's Csix lanes of traffic Am three lanes moving Dmslow. . .
Dm7/C / Dm A7+ A7 / Bb C7/E Fsus9 F/C / Gm7 C7 C7/Bb Fsus4 F / Gm F/A Bb A / Dm A7+ A / Bb Gm6/E C9 F / Gm C7/Bb Fsus4 F / Gm F/A Bb A / Dm A7+ A / Bb C7/E C7 F / Gm7 C7 Fsus4 F / Gm Am Bb A7-9/ Dm A/D / Bb/D C/E Fsus4 F / Bb/F C7/F Bb/F F / Gm7 F/A Bb A7 / D
C I used to Flike to go to work but they Dmshut it down I've got a Cright to go to work but there's no Bbwork here to be found Fyes and they Bbsay we're gonna have Cto pay Fwhat's owedC7 we're Bbgonna have to reap from Gm7seed that's been sowed Bb and the Fbirds up on the wires and the Dmtelegraph poles they can Calways fly away from this rain Bband this cold you can here them C7singing out their Ftelegraph code Call the wBbay down the telegraph roadDm
Dm7 / G D / Dm Dm7 / G D / Dm Dm7 / G7/D D / Dm Bb C / Dm
C You know I'd Fsooner forget but I reDmmember those nights when Clife was just a bet on a race Bbbetween the lights Fyou had your Bbhead on my shoulCder Fyou had your C7hand in my hair now Bbyou act a little colder like you Gm7don't seem to care Bb but beFlieve in me baby and I'll Dmtake you away from Cout of this darkness and Bbinto the day from these rivers of Cheadlights these Frivers of rainC F/A from the Bbanger that lives on C7the Fstreets with these Cnames F/A 'cos BbI've run every red light C7on Fmemory laneF/A I've Bbseen desperation C7expFlode into Cflames F/A Bb and I don't C7want to Fsee it aCgain. . .
From Amall of these signs saying Dmsorry but we're closed all the Bbway
C/E / Bb Gm/D / F/A C/G Bb/F F/E / Bb/D F/C Gm/Bb Dm down the telegraph road Dm7 / G7/D D / Dm Dm7 / G/D D / Dm Dm7 / G D / Dm F / G D / Dm Dm / G/D D / Dm7 F C / G Dm7 / Dm7 Dm7 / G7sus4/D G7/D D / Dm7 C / G D /Dm7 Dm7 / G7sus4/D G7/D D / Dm7 C / G D /Dm7 Dm7 / G7sus4/D G7/D D / Dm7 C / G Dm7 Em Dm / (rpt ad lib to fade) Dm7 / F G / D