Dire Straits – Telegraph Road chords
Chords:
Gm / BbGm / -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 CF Dm A long time ago came a man on a trackC Bb F walking thirty miles with a sack on his backBb C F C7and he put down his load where he thought it was the bestBb Gm7 Bbhe made a home in the wildernessF Dm he built a cabin and a winter storeC Am Bb Fand he ploughed up the ground by the cold lake shoreBb C F Cand the other travellers came riding down the trackBb F/A Gm7 Bband they never went further and they never went backF Dm then came the churches then came the schoolsC Bb Fthen came the lawyers then came the rulesBb Csus4 C F Cthen came the trains and the trucks with their loadsBb Bb Dm and the dirty old track was the telegraph roadF DmThen came the mines - then came the oreC Bb Bb F then there was the hard times then there was a warBb C F C7telegraph sang a song about the world outsideBb Gm7telegraph road got so deep and so wideBb Flike a rolling 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 / GD D7/F# G And my radio says tonight it's gonna freezeDmpeople driving home from the factoriesCthere's six lanes of trafficAm Dm three lanes moving slow. . .Dm7/C / Dm A7+ A7 / Bb C7/E Fsus9 F/C / 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 / DC F Dm I used to like to go to work but they shut it downC Bb I've got a right to go to work but there's no work here to be foundF Bb C F C7 yes and they say we're gonna have to pay what's owedBb Gm7 we're gonna have to reap from seed that's been sowedBb F Dm and the birds up on the wires and the telegraph polesC Bb they can always fly away from this rain and this coldC7 F you can here them singing out their telegraph codeC Bb Dm all the way down the telegraph roadDm7 / G D / Dm Dm7 / G D / Dm Dm7 / G7/D D / Dm Bb C / DmC F Dm You know I'd sooner forget but I remember those nightsC Bb when life was just a bet on a race between the lightsF Bb C F C7 you had your head on my shoulder you had your hand in my hairBb Gm7 now you act a little colder like you don't seem to careBb F Dm but believe in me baby and I'll take you awayC Bb from out of this darkness and into the dayC F C from these rivers of headlights these rivers of rainF/A Bb C7 F C from the anger that lives on the streets with these namesF/A Bb C7 F F/A 'cos I've run every red light on memory laneBb C7 F C F/A I've seen desperation explode into flamesBb C7 F C and I don't want to see it again. . .Am Dm From all of these signs saying sorry but we're closedBb all the wayC/E / Bb Gm/D / F/A C/G Bb/F F/E / Bb/D F/CGm/Bb Dm down the telegraph roadDm7 / 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