Dire Straits Telegraph Road

Tom: F 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 Gm 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 Gm 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 C 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 Gm telegraph road got so deep and so wide Bb F like a rolling river. . . At 4:07 D D7 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 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 Gm 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 Gm 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 Bb C7 F C from the anger that lives on the streets with these names F Bb C7 F F 'cos I've run every red light on memory lane Bb C7 F C F 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 (Fade out)