Dire Straits - Telegraph Road

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