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TELEGRAPH ROAD

At 1:48
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  Chord diagramFF                    Chord diagramDmDm
Chord diagramA augmentedA long time ago came a man on a track
Chord diagramC majorC                           Chord diagramBb majorBb                 Chord diagramFF
walking thirty miles with a sack on his back
       Chord diagramBb majorBb                Chord diagramC majorC        Chord diagramFF                      Chord diagramC7C7
and he put down his load where he thought it was the best
Chord diagramBb majorBb                        Chord diagramGm7Gm7          Chord diagramBb majorBb
he made a home in the wilderness
Chord diagramFF          Chord diagramDmDm
he built a cabin and a winter store
       Chord diagramC majorC                      Chord diagramA minorAm     Chord diagramBb majorBb              Chord diagramFF
and he ploughed up the ground by the cold lake shore
Chord diagramBb majorBb            Chord diagramC majorC               Chord diagramFF               Chord diagramC majorC
and the other travellers came riding down the track
         Chord diagramBb majorBb                 Chord diagramF/AF/A      Chord diagramGm7Gm7                 Chord diagramBb majorBb
and they never went further and they never went back
Chord diagramFF                      Chord diagramDmDm
then came the churches then came the schools
Chord diagramC majorC                     Chord diagramBb majorBb                  Chord diagramFF
then came the lawyers then came the rules
Chord diagramBb majorBb            Chord diagramCsus4Csus4      Chord diagramC majorC   Chord diagramFF                 Chord diagramC majorC
then came the trains and the trucks with their loads
        Chord diagramBb majorBb             Chord diagramBb majorBb                        Chord diagramDmDm
and the dirty old track   was the telegraph road

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Chord diagramFF                     Chord diagramDmDm
Then came the mines - then came the ore
Chord diagramC majorC                             Chord diagramBb majorBb             Chord diagramBb majorBb  Chord diagramFF
then there was the hard times then there was a   war
Chord diagramBb majorBb               Chord diagramC majorC     Chord diagramFF                 Chord diagramC7C7
telegraph sang a song about the world outside
Chord diagramBb majorBb                    Chord diagramGm7Gm7
telegraph road got so deep and so wide
Chord diagramBb majorBb             Chord diagramFF
like a rolling river. . .

At 4:07
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Chord diagramD MajorD    Chord diagramD7/F#D7/F#  Chord diagramG+G
     And my radio says tonight it`s gonna freeze
Chord diagramDmDm
people driving home from the factories
        Chord diagramC majorC
there`s six lanes of traffic
Chord diagramA minorAm                      Chord diagramDmDm
     three lanes moving slow. . .

At 5:49
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Chord diagramC majorC            Chord diagramFF                           Chord diagramDmDm
   I used to like to go to work but they shut it down
              Chord diagramC majorC                                  Chord diagramBb majorBb
   I`ve got a right to go to work but there`s no work here to be found
   Chord diagramFF            Chord diagramBb majorBb                   Chord diagramC majorC      Chord diagramFF          Chord diagramC7C7
   yes and they say we`re gonna have to pay what`s owed
         Chord diagramBb majorBb                      Chord diagramGm7Gm7
   we`re gonna have to reap from seed that`s been sowed
Chord diagramBb majorBb         Chord diagramFF                             Chord diagramDmDm
   and the birds up on the wires and the telegraph poles
            Chord diagramC majorC                              Chord diagramBb majorBb
   they can always fly away from this rain and this cold
                     Chord diagramC7C7                Chord diagramFF
   you can here them singing out their telegraph code
   Chord diagramC majorC        Chord diagramBb majorBb                        Chord diagramDmDm
   all the way down the telegraph road

At 7:52
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Chord diagramC majorC               Chord diagramFF                     Chord diagramDmDm
   You know I`d sooner forget but I remember those nights
        Chord diagramC majorC                             Chord diagramBb majorBb
   when life was just a bet on a race between the lights
   Chord diagramFF            Chord diagramBb majorBb              Chord diagramC majorC   Chord diagramFF            Chord diagramC7C7
   you had your head on my shoulder you had your hand in my hair
       Chord diagramBb majorBb                               Chord diagramGm7Gm7
   now you act a little colder like you don`t seem to care
Chord diagramBb majorBb       Chord diagramFF                         Chord diagramDmDm
   but believe in me baby and I`ll take you away
        Chord diagramC majorC                        Chord diagramBb majorBb
   from out of this darkness and into the day
                        Chord diagramC majorC                Chord diagramFF             Chord diagramC majorC
   from these rivers of headlights these rivers of rain
Chord diagramF/AF/A         Chord diagramBb majorBb                  Chord diagramC7C7  Chord diagramFF                  Chord diagramC majorC
   from the anger that lives on the streets with these names
Chord diagramF/AF/A     Chord diagramBb majorBb                       Chord diagramC7C7 Chord diagramFF          Chord diagramF/AF/A
   `cos I`ve run every red light on memory lane
        Chord diagramBb majorBb               Chord diagramC7C7 Chord diagramFF         Chord diagramC majorC      Chord diagramF/AF/A
   I`ve seen desperation explode into flames
Chord diagramBb majorBb             Chord diagramC7C7      Chord diagramFF       Chord diagramC majorC
   and I don`t want to see it again. . .

        Chord diagramA minorAm                        Chord diagramDmDm
   From all of these signs saying sorry but we`re closed
           Chord diagramBb majorBb
   all the way

At 9:32
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