Telegraph Road Dire Straits
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[Dm7] [C/D] [/] [G/D]
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[G/D] [/] [D]
[Dm] [/] [F] [C]
[G] [/] [D]
[D7] [/] [Gm]
[C]
A [F]long time ago came a [Dm]man on a track
[C]walking thirty miles with a [Bb]sack on his back[F]
and he [Bb]put down his load [C]where he [F]thought it was the best[C7]
[Bb]he made a home in the wild[Gm7]erness[Bb]
[F]he built a [Dm]cabin and a winter store
and he [C]ploughed up the ground [Am]by the [Bb]cold lake shore[F]
[Bb]and the other [C]travellers came [F]riding down the [C]track
and they [Bb]never went further [F/A]and they [Gm7]never went back[Bb]
[F]then came the churches [Dm]then came the schools
[C]then came the lawyers [Bb]then came the rules[F]
[Bb]then came the [Csus4]trains and [C]the [F]trucks with their [C]loads
and the [Bb]dirty old track[Bb] was the telegraph road[Dm]
[F]Then came the mines - [Dm]then came the ore
[C]then there was the hard times [Bb]then there was [Bb]a [F]war
[Bb]telegraph sang a [C]song a[F]bout the world out[C7]side
[Bb]telegraph road got so [Gm7]deep and so wide
[Bb]like a rolling [F]river. . .
[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 [G]radio says tonight it's gonna freeze
[Dm]people driving home from the factories
there's [C]six lanes of traffic
[Am] three lanes moving [Dm]slow. . .
[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 [F]like to go to work but they [Dm]shut it down
I've got a [C]right to go to work but there's no [Bb]work here to be found
[F]yes and they [Bb]say we're gonna have [C]to pay [F]what's owed[C7]
we're [Bb]gonna have to reap from [Gm7]seed that's been sowed
[Bb] and the [F]birds up on the wires and the [Dm]telegraph poles
they can [C]always fly away from this rain [Bb]and this cold
you can here them [C7]singing out their [F]telegraph code
[C]all the w[Bb]ay down the telegraph road[Dm]
[Dm7] [/] [G]
[D] [/] [Dm]
[Dm7] [/] [G]
[D] [/] [Dm]
[Dm7] [/] [G7/D]
[D] [/] [Dm]
[Bb] [C] [/] [Dm]
[C] You know I'd [F]sooner forget but I re[Dm]member those nights
when [C]life was just a bet on a race [Bb]between the lights
[F]you had your [Bb]head on my shoul[C]der [F]you had your [C7]hand in my hair
now [Bb]you act a little colder like you [Gm7]don't seem to care
[Bb] but be[F]lieve in me baby and I'll [Dm]take you away
from [C]out of this darkness and [Bb]into the day
from these rivers of [C]headlights these [F]rivers of rain[C]
[F/A] from the [Bb]anger that lives on [C7]the [F]streets with these [C]names
[F/A] 'cos [Bb]I've run every red light [C7]on [F]memory lane[F/A]
I've [Bb]seen desperation [C7]exp[F]lode into [C]flames[F/A]
[Bb] and I don't [C7]want to [F]see it a[C]gain. . .
From [Am]all of these signs saying [Dm]sorry but we're closed
all the [Bb]way
[C/E] [/] [Bb]
[Gm/D] [/] [F/A] [C/G]
[Bb/F] [F/E] [/] [Bb/D] [F/C]
[Gm/Bb] down the telegraph road[Dm]
[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]
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