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Telegraph Road

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[Intro]
(Resonator guitar)
  Dm7Bb    Gm7Gm7
|  |     |  |  |    
  Dm  Cadd9Am  Dm
|   |  |   |   | 
  Dm  Dm    Dm  Dm
|   |     |   |   |
  Dm  Dm    Dm
|   |     |   |
(Piano)
  D5 Dm7G/DD
|  |  |  |  |
  D5 Dm7G/DD
|  |  |  |  |
(Piano and electric guitar)
  D5 Dm7 G/D  D
|  |   |    |  |
  D5 F C  G      D
|  |    |      |  |
  D5 Gm/DCsus4C
|  |  |  |  |
[Verse 1]
  F                    Dm
A long time ago came a man on a track
C                           Bb
walking thirty miles with a sack on his back
       Bb                  C        F                 C
and he put down his load where he thought it was the best
Bb                        Gm7          Bb
He made a home in the wilderness
F                       Dm
He built a cabin and a winter store
       C                              Bb
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                          Gm7                 Bb
and they never went further and they never went back
F                       Dm
Then came the churches then came the schools
C                     Bb
then came the lawyers then came the rules
Bb             C               F                C
Then came the trains and the trucks with their loads
        Bb                                  D5
                                           () 
and the dirty old track   was the telegraph road
[Interlude]
  D5 Dm7 G/D  D
|  |   |    |  |
  D5 F C  G      D
|  |    |      |  |
  D5 Gm/DCsus4C
|  |  |  |  |
[Verse 2]
F                     Dm
Then came the mines - then came the ore
C                             Bb
then there was the hard times then there was a war
Bb               C     F                 C
Telegraph sang a song about the world outside
Bb                    Gm7               Bb
telegraph road got so deep and so wide
Bb             F
              ()
like a rolling river. . .
[Solo]
  F  Dm C  Bb BbC  FC  Bb Gm GmB
|  |  |  |  |   |   |  |  |   |
  F  Dm C  Bb BbC  FC  Bb Gm GmB
|  |  |  |  |   |   |  |  |   |
  F  Dm C  Bb BbC  FC  Bb Bb
|  |  |  |  |   |   |  |  | 
[Interlude]
  Dm Dm7 G  D
|  |   |  |  |
  Dm F C  G
|  |    |  | 
[Bridge]
D          Gm             Gm
   And my radio says tonight it's gonna freeze
Dm                            Dm
People driving home from the factories
         C
There's six lanes of traffic
Am                     Dm      C
   Three lanes moving slow. . .
[Piano solo]
  Dm A7#5A7 BbEm7b5CF  GmC  Fsus4F  GmF/ABb
|  |   |   |   |   |   |   |     |
[Guitar solo]
  Dm A7#5A7 BbEm7b5CF  GmC  Fsus4F  GmF/ABbA7
|  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
  Dm A7#5A7 BbEm7b5CF  GmC  Fsus4F  GmF/ABbA7
|  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
[Piano solo]
  Dm A/DBbEm7b5Em7b5F  BbC  BbF     GmF/ABbA7
|  |  |   |   |   |      |   |   |
  Dm Dm C
|  |  |   |  
[Verse 3]
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
              Bb         C            F          C
Yes and they say we're gonna have to pay what's owed
       Bb                      Gm7                    Bb
We're gonna have to reap from seed that's been sowed
         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
        Bb         C                 F        C
You can hear them singing out their telegraph code
         Bb                        Dm
all the way down the telegraph road
[Interlude]
  D5 Dm7 G/D  D
|  |   |    |  |
  D5 F C  G      D
|  |    |      |  |
  D5 Dm7 G/D  D
|  |   |    |  |
  D5 F C  G      D
|  |    |      |  |
[Verse 4]
 D            Dm                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
              Bb          C                     F          C
You had your head on my shoulder, you had your hand in my hair
        Bb                            Gm7
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
            Bb             C            F         C    F
From these rivers of headlights, these rivers of rain
         Bb                  C  F                  C     F
From the anger that lives on the streets with these names
            Bb                 C    F     C    F
'Ccos I've run every red light on memory lane
      Bb             C   F            C      F
I've seen desperation  explode into flames
Bb              C    F       C
   And I don't wanna see it again. . .
     Am                         Dm
From all of these signs saying sorry but we're closed
         Bb   F              Bb
all the way                   down the telegraph road
[Solo]
  D5 Dm7G/DD  D5 FC  G   D
|  |  |  |  |  |   |   |  | x6
  Dm F    G    D  Dm FC  G   D
|  |    |    |  |  |   |   |  | x13 
(Fade out)

Telegraph Road chords and lyrics

Free chords for Telegraph Road by Dire Straits. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

[Intro]
(Resonator guitar)
| Dm7 | Bb    | Gm7 | Gm7 |    
| Dm  | Cadd9 | Am  | Dm  | 
| Dm  | Dm    | Dm  | Dm  |
| Dm  | Dm    | Dm  |
(Piano)
| D5 | Dm7 | G/D | D |
| D5 | Dm7 | G/D | D |
(Piano and electric guitar)
| D5 | Dm7  | G/D   | D |
| D5 | F  C | G     | D |
| D5 | Gm/D | Csus4 | C |
[Verse 1]
[Interlude]
| D5 | Dm7  | G/D   | D |
| D5 | F  C | G     | D |
| D5 | Gm/D | Csus4 | C |
[Verse 2]
[Solo]
| F | Dm | C | Bb | Bb C | F C | Bb | Gm | Gm B |
| F | Dm | C | Bb | Bb C | F C | Bb | Gm | Gm B |
| F | Dm | C | Bb | Bb C | F C | Bb | Bb | 
[Interlude]
| Dm | Dm7  | G | D |
| Dm | F  C | G | 
[Bridge]
[Piano solo]
| Dm | A7#5 A7 | Bb Em7b5 | C F | Gm C | Fsus4 F | Gm F/A | Bb A7 |
| Dm | A/D | Bb Em7b5 | Em7b5 F | Bb C | Bb F    | Gm F/A | Bb A7 |
| Dm | Dm | C  |  
[Verse 3]
[Interlude]
| D5 | Dm7  | G/D   | D |
| D5 | F  C | G     | D |
| D5 | Dm7  | G/D   | D |
| D5 | F  C | G     | D |
[Verse 4]
[Solo]
| D5 | Dm7 | G/D | D | D5 | F C | G  | D | x6

Telegraph Road Chords by Dire Straits

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