Telegraph Road

F Dm A long time ago came a man on a track C Bb F walking thirty miles with a sack on his back Bb C F C7 and he put down his load where he thought it was the best Bb Gm7 Bb he made a home in the wilderness F Dm he built a cabin and a winter store C Am Bb F and he ploughed up the ground by the cold lake shore Bb C F C and the other travellers came riding down the track Bb F/A Gm7 Bb and they never went further and they never went back F Dm then came the churches then came the schools C Bb F then came the lawyers then came the rules Bb Csus4 C F C then came the trains and the trucks with their loads Bb Bb Dm and the dirty old track was the telegraph road F Dm Then came the mines - then came the ore C Bb Bb F then there was the hard times then there was a war Bb C F C7 telegraph sang a song about the world outside Bb Gm7 telegraph road got so deep and so wide Bb F like a rolling river. . . At 4:07 B|---------8^10^11-11-11-11-10-8---x---10-8---6^8^6---8^6^8---10>11-10-8---11-10^8-- E|------------------------------------------------------------10-----13-12^13^12-10-------- B|-x-11-11-11---10-10^11-13~(15)-13---10-13^10^13^10---13~(15)-----x----------------13----- D D7/F# G And my radio says tonight it's gonna freeze Dm people driving home from the factories C there's six lanes of traffic Am Dm three lanes moving slow. . . At 5:49 B|---------------------------------8^7^6---6^8---8~(10)---8~(10)---x-------6^5^3----------- C F Dm I used to like to go to work but they shut it down C Bb I've got a right to go to work but there's no work here to be found F Bb C F C7 yes and they say we're gonna have to pay what's owed Bb Gm7 we're gonna have to reap from seed that's been sowed Bb F Dm and the birds up on the wires and the telegraph poles C Bb they can always fly away from this rain and this cold C7 F you can here them singing out their telegraph code C Bb Dm all the way down the telegraph road At 7:52 C F Dm You know I'd sooner forget but I remember those nights C Bb when life was just a bet on a race between the lights F Bb C F C7 you had your head on my shoulder you had your hand in my hair Bb Gm7 now you act a little colder like you don't seem to care Bb F Dm but believe in me baby and I'll take you away C Bb from out of this darkness and into the day C F C from these rivers of headlights these rivers of rain F/A Bb C7 F C from the anger that lives on the streets with these names F/A Bb C7 F F/A 'cos I've run every red light on memory lane Bb C7 F C F/A I've seen desperation explode into flames Bb C7 F C and I don't want to see it again. . . Am Dm From all of these signs saying sorry but we're closed Bb all the way At 9:32 B|-5-3^5^3-1>3--------------------------------------------------------------------------- G|---------------5^7-10-10---------5---------5>7--------5---------------------------5---- D|---------------5^7-10-10---0^5^7-----0^5^7------0^5^7---7---------3-x-------0^5^7---7-- B|-5-3---6^3--------------------------------------------------------------------------- G|-----------5-7~(11)---x-5^7---------5-----------5-7-7-7---------5-------------------- D|------------------------------0^5^7---7---0^5^7-----------0^5^7---7---------3-x------ B|-5-3---6^3---------------------------------------------------------------------------- G|-----------5-x-5-5>7-5-x-7---7-x-7^5---5-7---7-7-7---x---7-10^7---7-7-7---x---7-10^7-- D|-7-7-7-x---x-7---x-7---------3^4^5-----3^5---7-7-7---------------------------0-- E|-------8---8----8----------3-3-x-2------------------------10^8---------------------------- B|-6-3---8~(10)-(10)-6---3^6---------3^1-3---6------------8------10^9^8--------8-8-x-8-x-8-- G|-12~(14)-12-10-12---10-12-10-12~(14)---x----12-14----12---11----11-11-----7-7-7---10^7---- E|-------1-3^5^3-1-1>3----------------------------------------------------15~(17)-15~(17)-- B|---1^3-----------------15-------15---15---15----15---15----15-----18-15------------------ G|-2---------------------14~(16)-(16)-(16)-(16)---14---12^14-14---x------------------------ E|-13-15--------15-14--------------------------17^15----15^13---13--15^13---------------------- B|------15-15---------15------18-15------18----------15-------15---------15-13^15^13--13------- G|--------------------------x---------17----17--------------------------------------14--14^12-- D|-------3-x-------0^5^7---7--------------------------0^5^7---7---0^5^7-------0^5^7---7-- D|-5^7---7---------------------------7---0-x-0-x-0-x-0-x-0-x-0-3^0---0-x-0-x-0-x-0-x-0-x-0-5^0-- G|-x-------14^12^14-------10^12^10-10----------14-12---12-12-12-------12-11------------------------- (Fade out) ----------------- Acordes ----------------- Am = X 0 2 2 1 0 Bb = X 1 3 3 3 1 C = X 3 2 0 1 0 C7 = X 3 2 3 1 X Csus4 = X 3 3 0 1 X D = X X 0 2 3 2 D7/F# = X X 4 5 3 5 Dm = X X 0 2 3 1 F = 1 3 3 2 1 1 F/A = 5 X 3 5 6 X G = 3 2 0 0 0 3 Gm7 = 3 X 3 3 3 X