{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1002475,"song":"Telegraph Road","artist":"Dire Straits","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1002475-telegraph-road-chords-by-dire-straits/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1002475?type=chord","rating":4.96158,"votes":249,"content":"[Intro]\r\n(Resonator guitar)\r\n| [ch]Dm7[/ch] | [ch]Bb[/ch]    | [ch]Gm7[/ch] | [ch]Gm7[/ch] |    \r\n| [ch]Dm[/ch]  | [ch]Cadd9[/ch] | [ch]Am[/ch]  | [ch]Dm[/ch]  | \r\n| [ch]Dm[/ch]  | [ch]Dm[/ch]    | [ch]Dm[/ch]  | [ch]Dm[/ch]  |\r\n| [ch]Dm[/ch]  | [ch]Dm[/ch]    | [ch]Dm[/ch]  |\r\n\r\n(Piano)\r\n| [ch]D5[/ch] | [ch]Dm7[/ch] | [ch]G/D[/ch] | [ch]D[/ch] |\r\n| [ch]D5[/ch] | [ch]Dm7[/ch] | [ch]G/D[/ch] | [ch]D[/ch] |\r\n\r\n(Piano and electric guitar)\r\n| [ch]D5[/ch] | [ch]Dm7[/ch]  | [ch]G/D[/ch]   | [ch]D[/ch] |\r\n| [ch]D5[/ch] | [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch]     | [ch]D[/ch] |\r\n| [ch]D5[/ch] | [ch]Gm/D[/ch] | [ch]Csus4[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] |\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]Dm[/ch]          \r\nA long time ago came a man on a track[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]Bb[/ch]                  \r\nwalking thirty miles with a sack on his back[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bb[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nand he put down his load where he thought it was the best[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                        [ch]Gm7[/ch]          [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nHe made a home in the wilderness[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]Dm[/ch]      \r\nHe built a cabin and a winter store[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]Bb[/ch]          \r\nand he ploughed up the ground by the cold lake shore[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nand the other travellers came riding down the track[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bb[/ch]                          [ch]Gm7[/ch]                 [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nand they never went further and they never went back[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]Dm[/ch] \r\nThen came the churches then came the schools[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]Bb[/ch]                  \r\nthen came the lawyers then came the rules[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThen came the trains and the trucks with their loads[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bb[/ch]                                   ([ch]D5[/ch]) \r\nand the dirty old track   was the telegraph road[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n| [ch]D5[/ch] | [ch]Dm7[/ch]  | [ch]G/D[/ch]   | [ch]D[/ch] |\r\n| [ch]D5[/ch] | [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch]     | [ch]D[/ch] |\r\n| [ch]D5[/ch] | [ch]Gm/D[/ch] | [ch]Csus4[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] |\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThen came the mines - then came the ore[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]Bb[/ch]                   \r\nthen there was the hard times then there was a war[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTelegraph sang a song about the world outside[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                    [ch]Gm7[/ch]               [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\ntelegraph road got so deep and so wide[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]              ([ch]F[/ch])\r\nlike a rolling river. . .[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Solo]\r\n| [ch]F[/ch] | [ch]Dm[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]Bb[/ch] | [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]Bb[/ch] | [ch]Gm[/ch] | [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] |\r\n| [ch]F[/ch] | [ch]Dm[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]Bb[/ch] | [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]Bb[/ch] | [ch]Gm[/ch] | [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] |\r\n| [ch]F[/ch] | [ch]Dm[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]Bb[/ch] | [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]Bb[/ch] | [ch]Bb[/ch] | \r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n| [ch]Dm[/ch] | [ch]Dm7[/ch]  | [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]D[/ch] |\r\n| [ch]Dm[/ch] | [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch] | \r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Gm[/ch]             [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\n   And my radio says tonight it's gonna freeze[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                            [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nPeople driving home from the factories[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere's six lanes of traffic[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]   \r\n   Three lanes moving slow. . .[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Piano solo]\r\n[tab]| [ch]Dm[/ch] | [ch]A7#5[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] | [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Em7b5[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] | [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]Fsus4[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] | [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F/A[/ch] | [ch]Bb[/ch]    |\r\n[Guitar solo][/tab]\r\n| [ch]Dm[/ch] | [ch]A7#5[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] | [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Em7b5[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] | [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]Fsus4[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] | [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F/A[/ch] | [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] |\r\n[tab]| [ch]Dm[/ch] | [ch]A7#5[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] | [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Em7b5[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] | [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]Fsus4[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] | [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F/A[/ch] | [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] |\r\n[Piano solo][/tab]\r\n| [ch]Dm[/ch] | [ch]A/D[/ch] | [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Em7b5[/ch] | [ch]Em7b5[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] | [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]    | [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F/A[/ch] | [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] |\r\n| [ch]Dm[/ch] | [ch]Dm[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch]  |  \r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n   I used to like to go to work but they shut it down[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]                                  [ch]Bb[/ch]               \r\nI've got a right to go to work but there's no work here to be found[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Bb[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYes and they say we're gonna have to pay what's owed[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bb[/ch]                      [ch]Gm7[/ch]                    [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nWe're gonna have to reap from seed that's been sowed[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                             [ch]Dm[/ch]   \r\nAnd the birds up on the wires and the telegraph poles[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThey can always fly away from this rain and this cold[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bb[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou can hear them singing out their telegraph code[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bb[/ch]                        [ch]Dm[/ch]   \r\nall the way down the telegraph road[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n| [ch]D5[/ch] | [ch]Dm7[/ch]  | [ch]G/D[/ch]   | [ch]D[/ch] |\r\n| [ch]D5[/ch] | [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch]     | [ch]D[/ch] |\r\n| [ch]D5[/ch] | [ch]Dm7[/ch]  | [ch]G/D[/ch]   | [ch]D[/ch] |\r\n| [ch]D5[/ch] | [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch]     | [ch]D[/ch] |\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]([ch]D[/ch])            [ch]Dm[/ch]                  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nYou know I'd sooner forget but I remember those nights[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nWhen life was just a bet on a race    between the lights[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Bb[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou had your head on my shoulder, you had your hand in my hair[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bb[/ch]                            [ch]Gm7[/ch]                \r\nNow you act a little colder like you don't seem to care[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n   But believe in me baby and I'll take you away[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nFrom out of this darkness and into the day[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Bb[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]  \r\nFrom these rivers of headlights, these rivers of rain[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bb[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nFrom the anger that lives on the streets with these names[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Bb[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]   \r\n'Ccos I've run every red light on memory lane[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bb[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]  \r\nI've seen desperation  explode into flames[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\n   And I don't wanna see it again. . .[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                         [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nFrom all of these signs saying sorry but we're closed[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bb[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]Bb[/ch]                           \r\nall the way                   down the telegraph road[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Solo]\r\n| [ch]D5[/ch] | [ch]Dm7[/ch] | [ch]G/D[/ch] | [ch]D[/ch] | [ch]D5[/ch] | [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch]  | [ch]D[/ch] | x6\r\n[tab]| [ch]Dm[/ch] | [ch]F[/ch]   | [ch]G[/ch]   | [ch]D[/ch] | [ch]Dm[/ch] | [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch]  | [ch]D[/ch] | x13 \r\n(Fade out)[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\n(Resonator guitar)\n| Dm7 | Bb    | Gm7 | Gm7 |    \n| Dm  | Cadd9 | Am  | Dm  | \n| Dm  | Dm    | Dm  | Dm  |\n| Dm  | Dm    | Dm  |\n\n(Piano)\n| D5 | Dm7 | G/D | D |\n| D5 | Dm7 | G/D | D |\n\n(Piano and electric guitar)\n| D5 | Dm7  | G/D   | D |\n| D5 | F  C | G     | D |\n| D5 | Gm/D | Csus4 | C |\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\n| D5 | Dm7  | G/D   | D |\n| D5 | F  C | G     | D |\n| D5 | Gm/D | Csus4 | C |\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Solo]\n| F | Dm | C | Bb | Bb C | F C | Bb | Gm | Gm B |\n| F | Dm | C | Bb | Bb C | F C | Bb | Gm | Gm B |\n| F | Dm | C | Bb | Bb C | F C | Bb | Bb | \n\n[Interlude]\n| Dm | Dm7  | G | D |\n| Dm | F  C | G | \n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Piano solo]\n\n| Dm | A7#5 A7 | Bb Em7b5 | C F | Gm C | Fsus4 F | Gm F/A | Bb A7 |\n\n| Dm | A/D | Bb Em7b5 | Em7b5 F | Bb C | Bb F    | Gm F/A | Bb A7 |\n| Dm | Dm | C  |  \n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\n| D5 | Dm7  | G/D   | D |\n| D5 | F  C | G     | D |\n| D5 | Dm7  | G/D   | D |\n| D5 | F  C | G     | D |\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Solo]\n| D5 | Dm7 | G/D | D | D5 | F C | G  | D | 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