Telegraph Road
Dire StraitsVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
A long time ago came a man on a track
walking thirty miles with a sack on his back
and he put down his load where he thought it was the best
he made a home in the wilderness
he built a cabin and a winter store
and he ploughed up the ground by the cold lake shore
and the other travellers came riding down the track
and they never went further and they never went back
then came the churches then came the schools
then came the lawyers then came the rules
then came the trains and the trucks with their loads
and the dirty old track was the telegraph road
Then came the mines - then came the ore
then there was the hard times then there was a war
telegraph sang a song about the world outside
telegraph road got so deep and so wide
like a rolling river. . .
And my radio says tonight it's gonna freeze
people driving home from the factories
there's six lanes of traffic
three lanes moving slow. . .
-9/
I used to like to go to work but they shut it down
I've got a right to go to work but there's no work here to be found
yes and they say we're gonna have to pay what's owed
we're gonna have to reap from seed that's been sowed
and the birds up on the wires and the telegraph poles
they can always fly away from this rain and this cold
you can here them singing out their telegraph code
all the way down the telegraph road
You know I'd sooner forget but I remember those nights
when life was just a bet on a race between the lights
you had your head on my shoulder you had your hand in my hair
now you act a little colder like you don't seem to care
but believe in me baby and I'll take you away
from out of this darkness and into the day
from these rivers of headlights these rivers of rain
from the anger that lives on the streets with these names
'cos I've run every red light on memory lane
I've seen desperation explode into flames
and I don't want to see it again. . .
From all of these signs saying sorry but we're closed
all the way
down the telegraph road
(rpt ad lib to fade)
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Readable chord sheet for Telegraph Road by Dire Straits
[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 [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] [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]
[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]