Telegraph Road chords by Dire Straits

Chords with lyrics

G minorGm    / Bb majorBb
G minorGm    / -
DmDm    / -
C majorC    / A minorAm
Bb/DBb/D   /

Dm7Dm7   / G/DG/D
D MajorD    /

Dm7Dm7 C/DC/D / G/DG/D
D MajorD    / Dm7Dm7

G/DG/D   / D MajorD
DmDm    / FF  C majorC
G+G    / D MajorD
D7D7    /   G minorGm
C majorC
 FF          DmDm
A augmentedA long time ago came a man on a track
C majorC              Bb majorBb         FF
walking thirty miles with a sack on his back
    Bb majorBb        C majorC    FF           C7C7
and he put down his load where he thought it was the best
Bb majorBb            Gm7Gm7     Bb majorBb
he made a home in the wilderness
FF     DmDm
he built a cabin and a winter store
    C majorC           A minorAm   Bb majorBb       FF
and he ploughed up the ground by the cold lake shore
Bb majorBb      C majorC        FF        C majorC
and the other travellers came riding down the track
     Bb majorBb         F/AF/A   Gm7Gm7         Bb majorBb
and they never went further and they never went back
FF           DmDm
then came the churches then came the schools
C majorC           Bb majorBb         FF
then came the lawyers then came the rules
Bb majorBb      Csus4Csus4   C majorC  FF         C majorC
then came the trains and the trucks with their loads
    Bb majorBb       Bb majorBb            DmDm
and the dirty old track  was the telegraph road

FF           DmDm
Then came the mines - then came the ore
C majorC               Bb majorBb       Bb majorBb FF
then there was the hard times then there was a  war
Bb majorBb        C majorC   FF         C7C7
telegraph sang a song about the world outside
Bb majorBb          Gm7Gm7
telegraph road got so deep and so wide
Bb majorBb       FF
like a rolling river. . .

DmDm     / C majorC   A minorAm
Bb majorBb   FF  / Bb majorBb  C majorC
FF   C majorC  / Bb majorBb  F/AF/A
Gm7Gm7    / Bb majorBb
FF     / DmDm
C majorC     / Bb majorBb  FF
Bb majorBb Csus4Csus4 C majorC / FF   C majorC
Bb majorBb     / Bb majorBb
Gm7Gm7  Bb majorBb / FF
DmDm     / C majorC
Bb majorBb   F/AF/A / Bb majorBb  C majorC
FF   C majorC  / Bb majorBb
Bb     / DmDm
Dm7Dm7    / G+G
D MajorD     / DmDm  C majorC
FF   C majorC  / G+G

D MajorD  D7/F#D7/F# G+G
   And my radio says tonight it's gonna freeze
DmDm
people driving home from the factories
    C majorC
there's six lanes of traffic
A minorAm           DmDm
   three lanes moving slow. . .

Dm7/C    / DmDm
A7A7   A7A7 / Bb majorBb  C7/EC7/E
Fsus9  FF / Gm7Gm7 C7C7  C7/Bb
Fsus4Fsus4  FF  / G minorGm  F/AF/A
Bb majorBb   A augmentedA  / DmDm
A7A7   A augmentedA  / Bb majorBb  Gm6/E
C9C9   FF  / G minorGm  C7/Bb
Fsus4Fsus4  FF  / G minorGm  F/AF/A
Bb majorBb   A augmentedA  / DmDm
A7A7   A augmentedA  / Bb majorBb  C7/EC7/E
C7C7   FF  / Gm7Gm7 C7C7
Fsus4Fsus4  FF  / G minorGm  A minorAm
Bb majorBb   A7-9/ DmDm
A/D     / Bb/DBb/D C/EC/E
Fsus4Fsus4  FF  / Bb/FBb/F C7/F
Bb/FBb/F  FF  / Gm7Gm7 F/AF/A
Bb majorBb   A7A7 / D MajorD

C majorC      FF              DmDm
  I used to like to go to work but they shut it down
       C majorC                 Bb majorBb
  I've got a right to go to work but there's no work here to be found
  FF      Bb majorBb          C majorC   FF     C7C7
  yes and they say we're gonna have to pay what's owed
     Bb majorBb           Gm7Gm7
  we're gonna have to reap from seed that's been sowed
Bb majorBb     FF               DmDm
  and the birds up on the wires and the telegraph poles
      C majorC               Bb majorBb
  they can always fly away from this rain and this cold
           C7C7        FF
  you can here them singing out their telegraph code
  C majorC    Bb majorBb            DmDm
  all the way down the telegraph road

Dm7Dm7     / G+G
D MajorD      / DmDm
Dm7Dm7     / G+G
D MajorD      / DmDm
Dm7Dm7     / G7/D
D MajorD      / DmDm
Bb majorBb   C majorC  / DmDm

C majorC        FF           DmDm
  You know I'd sooner forget but I remember those nights
    C majorC               Bb majorBb
  when life was just a bet on a race between the lights
  FF      Bb majorBb       C majorC  FF      C7C7
  you had your head on my shoulder you had your hand in my hair
    Bb majorBb                Gm7Gm7
  now you act a little colder like you don't seem to care
Bb majorBb    FF             DmDm
  but believe in me baby and I'll take you away
    C majorC            Bb majorBb
  from out of this darkness and into the day
            C majorC        FF       C majorC
  from these rivers of headlights these rivers of rain
F/AF/A     Bb majorBb         C7C7 FF         C majorC
  from the anger that lives on the streets with these names
F/AF/A   Bb majorBb            C7C7 FF     F/AF/A
  'cos I've run every red light on memory lane
    Bb majorBb        C7C7 FF     C majorC   F/AF/A
  I've seen desperation explode into flames
Bb majorBb       C7C7   FF    C majorC
  and I don't want to see it again. . .

A minorAm            DmDm
  From all of these signs saying sorry but we're closed
      Bb majorBb
  all the way

C/EC/E    / Bb majorBb
Gm/D    / F/AF/A  C/GC/G
Bb/FBb/F  F/E / Bb/DBb/D FF

Gm/Bb           DmDm
  down the telegraph road

Dm7Dm7    / G7/D
D MajorD     / DmDm
Dm7Dm7    / G/DG/D
D MajorD     / DmDm
Dm7Dm7    / G+G
D MajorD     / DmDm
FF     / G+G
D MajorD     / DmDm
Dm     / G/DG/D
D MajorD     / Dm7Dm7
FF   C majorC  / G+G
Dm7Dm7    / Dm7Dm7
Dm7    / G7sus4/D G7/D
D MajorD     / Dm7Dm7
    C majorC  / G+G
D MajorD     /Dm7
Dm7Dm7    / G7sus4/D G7/D
D MajorD     / Dm7Dm7
    C majorC  / G+G
D MajorD     /Dm7
Dm7Dm7    / G7sus4/D G7/D
D MajorD     / Dm7Dm7
    C majorC  / G+G
Dm7Dm7 E minorEm DmDm /

(rpt ad lib to fade)

Dm7Dm7    / FF
G+G     / D MajorD

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