Chord Telegraph Road by Dire Straits

Gm / A# Gm / - Dm / - C / Am A#/D / Dm7 / G/D D / Dm7 C/D / G/D D / Dm7 G/D / D Dm / F C G / D D7 / Gm C F Dm a long time ago came a man on a track C A# F walking thirty miles with a sack on his back A# C F C7 and he put down his load where he thought it was the best A# Gm7 A# he made a home in the wilderness F Dm he built a cabin and a winter store C Am A# F and he ploughed up the ground by the cold lake shore A# C F C and the other travellers came riding down the track A# F/A Gm7 A# and they never went further and they never went back F Dm then came the churches then came the schools C A# F then came the lawyers then came the rules A# Csus4 C F C then came the trains and the trucks with their loads A# A# Dm and the dirty old track was the telegraph road F Dm then came the mines - then came the ore C A# A# F then there was the hard times then there was A war A# C F C7 telegraph sang a song about the world outside A# Gm7 telegraph road got so deep and so wide A# F like a rolling river . . . Dm / C Am A# F / A# C F C / A# F/A Gm7 / A# F / Dm C / A# F A# Csus4 C / F C A# / A# Gm7 A# / F Dm / C A# F/A / A# C F C / A# A# / Dm Dm7 / G D / Dm C F C / G 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 . . . Dm7/C / Dm A7+ A7 / A# C7/E Fsus9 F/C / Gm7 C7 C7/A# Fsus4 F / Gm F/A A# A / Dm A7+ A / A# Gm6/E C9 F / Gm C7/A# Fsus4 F / Gm F/A A# A / Dm A7+ A / A# C7/E C7 F / Gm7 C7 Fsus4 F / Gm Am A# A7 - 9/ Dm A/D / A#/D C/E Fsus4 F / A#/F C7/F A#/F F / Gm7 F/A A# A7 / D C F Dm i used to like to go to work but they shut it down C A# i’ve got a right to go to work but there’s no work here to be found F A# C F C7 yes and they say we’re gonna have to pay what’s owed A# Gm7 we’re gonna have to reap from seed that’s been sowed A# F Dm and the birds up on the wires and the telegraph poles C A# they can always fly away from this rain and this cold C7 F you can here them singing out their telegraph code C A# Dm all the way down the telegraph road Dm7 / G D / Dm Dm7 / G D / Dm Dm7 / G7/D D / Dm A# C / Dm C F Dm you know i’d sooner forget but i remember those nights C A# when life was just a bet on a race between the lights F A# C F C7 you had your head on my shoulder you had your hand in my hair A# Gm7 now you act a little colder like you don’t seem to care A# F Dm but believe in me baby and i’ll take you away C A# from out of this darkness and into the day C F C from these rivers of headlights these rivers of rain F/A A# C7 F C from the anger that lives on the streets with these names F/A A# C7 F F/A ’cos i’ve run every red light on memory lane A# C7 F C F/A i’ve seen desperation explode into flames A# 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 A# all the way C/E / A# Gm/D / F/A C/G A#/F F/E / A#/D F/C Gm/A# 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