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[Intro] (Resonator guitar) | Dm7 | Bb | Gm7 | Gm7 | | Dm | Cadd9 | Am | Dm | | Dm | Dm | Dm | Dm | | Dm | Dm | Dm | (Piano) | D5 | Dm7 | G/D | D | | D5 | Dm7 | G/D | D | (Piano and electric guitar) | D5 | Dm7 | G/D | D | | D5 | F C | G | D | | D5 | Gm/D | Csus4 | C | [Verse 1]
A Flong time ago came a Dmman on a track Cwalking thirty miles with a Bbsack on his back and he Bbput down his load whCere he thFought it was the bCest BbHe made a home in the wildGm7erness Bb FHe built a cabin and a wDminter store and he Cploughed up the ground by the cBbold lake shore Bband the other Ctravellers came rFiding down the tCrack and they Bbnever went further and they Gm7never went back Bb FThen came the churches tDmhen came the schools Cthen came the lawyers Bbthen came the rules BbThen came the tCrains and the trFucks with their lCoads Bb (D5) and the dirty old track was the telegraph road
[Interlude] | D5 | Dm7 | G/D | D | | D5 | F C | G | D | | D5 | Gm/D | Csus4 | C | [Verse 2]
FThen came the mines - Dmthen came the ore Cthen there was the hard times Bbthen there was a war BbTelegraph sang a Csong aFbout the world outCside Bbtelegraph road got so Gm7deep and so wide Bb Bb (F) like a rolling river. . .
[Solo] | F | Dm | C | Bb | Bb C | F C | Bb | Gm | Gm B | | F | Dm | C | Bb | Bb C | F C | Bb | Gm | Gm B | | F | Dm | C | Bb | Bb C | F C | Bb | Bb | [Interlude] | Dm | Dm7 | G | D | | Dm | F C | G | [Bridge]
D And my rGmadio says tonigGmht it's gonna freeze DmPeople driving home from the fDmactories There's sCix lanes of traffic Am Three lanes moving sDmlow. . .C
[Piano solo] | Dm | A7#5 A7 | Bb Em7b5 | C F | Gm C | Fsus4 F | Gm F/A | Bb | [Guitar solo] | Dm | A7#5 A7 | Bb Em7b5 | C F | Gm C | Fsus4 F | Gm F/A | Bb A7 | | Dm | A7#5 A7 | Bb Em7b5 | C F | Gm C | Fsus4 F | Gm F/A | Bb A7 | [Piano solo] | Dm | A/D | Bb Em7b5 | Em7b5 F | Bb C | Bb F | Gm F/A | Bb A7 | | Dm | Dm | C | [Verse 3]
C I used to Flike to go to work but they Dmshut it down I've got a rCight to go to work but there's no wBbork here to be found Yes and they sBbay we're goCnna have to pFay what's oCwed We're gBbonna have to reap from sGm7eed that's been sowed Bb And the bFirds up on the wires and the tDmelegraph poles They can Calways fly away from this rBbain and this cold You can Bbhear them sCinging out their tFelegraph Ccode all the wBbay down the telegraph roadDm
[Interlude] | D5 | Dm7 | G/D | D | | D5 | F C | G | D | | D5 | Dm7 | G/D | D | | D5 | F C | G | D | [Verse 4] (D) Dm Dm You know I'd sooner forget but I remember those nights
When lCife was just a bet on a race Bb between the lights You had your hBbead on my shCoulder, you had your hFand in my hCair Now you Bbact a little colder like you dGm7on't seem to care Bb But beFlieve in me baby and I'll Dmtake you away From oCut of this darkness and Bbinto the day From these rBbivers of headliCghts, these rFivers of rCain F From the Bbanger that lives on CtheF streets with theseC namesF 'Ccos I've rBbun every red light Con meFmory lCane F I've sBbeen desperationC exFplode into flCames F Bb And I don't wCanna Fsee it aCgain. . .
From Amall of these signs saying sDmorry but we're closed all the wBbay F Bb down the telegraph road
[Solo] | D5 | Dm7 | G/D | D | D5 | F C | G | D | x6 | Dm | F | G | D | Dm | F C | G | D | x13 (Fade out)