Gm (355333@1)     /  Bb (x1333x@1)name="chord_355333@1">Gm       /  -
Dm (xx0231@1)     /  -
C (x32010@1)      /  Am (x02210@1)name="chord_x1033x@1">Bb/D     /

Dm7      /  G/D (4x3121@7)name="chord_xx0232@1">D        /

Dm7 C/D  /  G/D
D (xx0232@1)      /  Dm7

G/D (4x3121@7)    /  D (xx0232@1)name="chord_xx0231@1">Dm       /  F (133211@1) C (x32010@1)name="chord_320003@1">G        /  D (xx0232@1)name="chord_xx0212@1">D7       /      Gm (355333@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C       
  F (133211@1)                  Dm (xx0231@1)        
A long time ago came a man on a track
C (x32010@1)                         Bb (x1333x@1)               F (133211@1)walking thirty miles with a sack on his back
       Bb (x1333x@1)              C (x32010@1)      F (133211@1)                    C7and (x32310@1)he put down his load where he thought it was the best
Bb (x1333x@1)                      Gm7          Bbhe (x1333x@1)made a home in the wilderness
F (133211@1)        Dm (xx0231@1)    
he built a cabin and a winter store
       C (x32010@1)                    Am (x02210@1)   Bb (x1333x@1)            Fand (133211@1)he ploughed up the ground by the cold lake shore
Bb (x1333x@1)          C (x32010@1)             F (133211@1)             Cand (x32010@1)the other travellers came riding down the track
         Bb (x1333x@1)               F/A (x03211@1)    Gm7                 Bband (x1333x@1)they never went further and they never went back
F (133211@1)                    Dm (xx0231@1)then came the churches then came the schools
C (x32010@1)                   Bb (x1333x@1)                Fthen (133211@1)came the lawyers then came the rules
Bb (x1333x@1)          Csus4 (x33010@1)    C (x32010@1) F (133211@1)               Cthen (x32010@1)came the trains and the trucks with their loads
        Bb (x1333x@1)           Bb (x1333x@1)                      Dm (xx0231@1)and the dirty old track   was the telegraph road

F (133211@1)                   DmThen (xx0231@1)came the mines - then came the ore
C (x32010@1)                           Bb (x1333x@1)           Bb (x1333x@1)F (133211@1)    
then there was the hard times then there was a   war
Bb (x1333x@1)             C (x32010@1)   F (133211@1)               C7telegraph (x32310@1)sang a song about the world outside
Bb (x1333x@1)                  Gm7
telegraph road got so deep and so wide
Bb (x1333x@1)           Flike (133211@1)a rolling river. . .

Dm (xx0231@1)       / C (x32010@1)   Am (x02210@1)name="chord_x1333x@1">Bb     F (133211@1) / Bb (x1333x@1)  C (x32010@1)name="chord_133211@1">F      C (x32010@1) / Bb (x1333x@1)  F/AGm7 (x03211@1)       / Bb (x1333x@1)name="chord_133211@1">F          / Dm (xx0231@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C          / Bb (x1333x@1)  F (133211@1)name="chord_x1333x@1">Bb Csus4 (x33010@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C / F (133211@1)   C (x32010@1)name="chord_x1333x@1">Bb         / BbGm7 (x1333x@1)   Bb (x1333x@1)/ F (133211@1)name="chord_xx0231@1">Dm         / C (x32010@1)name="chord_x1333x@1">Bb     F/A/ (x03211@1)Bb (x1333x@1)  C (x32010@1)name="chord_133211@1">F      C (x32010@1) / Bb (x1333x@1)name="chord_x1333x@1">Bb         / DmDm7 (xx0231@1)       / G (320003@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D          / Dm (xx0231@1)  C (x32010@1)name="chord_133211@1">F      C (x32010@1) / G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)  D7/F# (200212@1)G (320003@1)    And my radio says tonight it's gonna freeze
Dmpeople (xx0231@1)driving home from the factories
        Cthere's (x32010@1)six lanes of traffic
Am (x02210@1)                    Dm (xx0231@1)    three lanes moving slow. . .

Dm7/C       / Dm (xx0231@1)name="chord_x02020@1">A7     A7 (x02020@1)/ Bb (x1333x@1) C7/E
Fsus9   F / Gm7  C7   C7/Bb
Fsus4 (113311@1) F (133211@1) / Gm (355333@1) F/A (x03211@1)name="chord_x1333x@1">Bb      A (x02220@1) / Dm (xx0231@1)name="chord_x02020@1">A7     A (x02220@1) / Bb (x1333x@1) Gm6/E
C9 (x3233x@1)    F (133211@1) / Gm (355333@1) C7/Bb
Fsus4 (113311@1) F (133211@1) / Gm (355333@1) F/A (x03211@1)name="chord_x1333x@1">Bb      A (x02220@1) / Dm (xx0231@1)name="chord_x02020@1">A7     A (x02220@1) / Bb (x1333x@1) C7/E
C7 (x32310@1)    F (133211@1) / Gm7  C7 (x32310@1)name="chord_113311@1">Fsus4   F (133211@1) / Gm (355333@1) Am (x02210@1)name="chord_x1333x@1">Bb      A7-9/ Dm (xx0231@1)name="chord_x00220@1">A/D         / Bb/D (x1033x@1)name="chord_x3111x@5">C/E
Fsus4   F   / Bb/F C7/F
Bb/F (102220@1)  F (133211@1) / Gm7  F/A (x03211@1)name="chord_x1333x@1">Bb      A7 (x02020@1)/ D (xx0232@1)C (x32010@1)          F (133211@1)                         Dm (xx0231@1)  I used to like to go to work but they shut it down
              C (x32010@1)                                Bb (x1333x@1)             
   I've got a right to go to work but there's no work here to be found
   F (133211@1)          Bb (x1333x@1)                 C (x32010@1)    F (133211@1)        C7 (x32310@1)  yes and they say we're gonna have to pay what's owed
         Bb (x1333x@1)                    Gm7
   we're gonna have to reap from seed that's been sowed
Bb (x1333x@1)       F (133211@1)                           Dm (xx0231@1) 
   and the birds up on the wires and the telegraph poles
            C (x32010@1)                            Bb (x1333x@1)  they can always fly away from this rain and this cold
                     C7 (x32310@1)              F (133211@1)      
   you can here them singing out their telegraph code
   C (x32010@1)      Bb (x1333x@1)                      Dm (xx0231@1) 
   all the way down the telegraph road

Dm7         / G (320003@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D           / DmDm7 (xx0231@1)        / G (320003@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D           / DmDm7 (xx0231@1)        / G7/D
D (xx0232@1)         / Dm (xx0231@1)name="chord_x1333x@1">Bb      C (x32010@1) / Dm (xx0231@1)C (x32010@1)             F (133211@1)                   Dm (xx0231@1)  You know I'd sooner forget but I remember those nights
        C (x32010@1)                           Bb (x1333x@1)  when life was just a bet on a race between the lights
   F (133211@1)          Bb (x1333x@1)            C (x32010@1) F (133211@1)          C7 (x32310@1)  you had your head on my shoulder you had your hand in my hair
       Bb (x1333x@1)                             Gm7                
   now you act a little colder like you don't seem to care
Bb (x1333x@1)     F (133211@1)                       Dm (xx0231@1)  but believe in me baby and I'll take you away
        C (x32010@1)                      Bb (x1333x@1)  from out of this darkness and into the day
                        C (x32010@1)              F (133211@1)           C (x32010@1)  from these rivers of headlights these rivers of rain
F/A (x03211@1)       Bb (x1333x@1)                C7 (x32310@1)F (133211@1)                C (x32010@1)  from the anger that lives on the streets with these names
F/A (x03211@1)   Bb (x1333x@1)                     C7 (x32310@1)name="chord_133211@1">F          F/A (x03211@1)  'cos I've run every red light on memory lane
        Bb (x1333x@1)             C7 (x32310@1)name="chord_133211@1">F         C (x32010@1)    F/A (x03211@1)   I've seen desperation explode into flames
Bb (x1333x@1)           C7 (x32310@1)    F (133211@1)     C (x32010@1)  and I don't want to see it again. . .

Am (x02210@1)                      Dm (xx0231@1)  From all of these signs saying sorry but we're closed
           Bb (x1333x@1)  all the way

C/E (x3111x@5)      / BbGm/D (x1333x@1)      / F/A (x03211@1) C/GBb/F (3x555x@1)  F/E / Bb/D  F

Gm/Bb                     Dm (xx0231@1)  down the telegraph road

Dm7        / G7/D
D (xx0232@1)        / DmDm7 (xx0231@1)       / G/D (4x3121@7)name="chord_xx0232@1">D          / DmDm7 (xx0231@1)       / G (320003@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D          / Dm (xx0231@1)name="chord_133211@1">F          / G (320003@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D          / Dm (xx0231@1)name="chord_xx0231@1">Dm         / G/D (4x3121@7)name="chord_xx0232@1">D          / Dm7
F (133211@1)    C (x32010@1) / GDm7 (320003@1)       / Dm7
Dm7        / G7sus4/D  G7/D
D (xx0232@1)        / Dm7
       C (x32010@1) / G (320003@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D          /Dm7
Dm7        / G7sus4/D  G7/D
D (xx0232@1)        / Dm7
       C (x32010@1) / G (320003@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D          /Dm7
Dm7        / G7sus4/D  G7/D
D (xx0232@1)        / Dm7
       C (x32010@1) / GDm7 (320003@1)Em  Dm /

(rpt ad lib to fade)

Dm7        / F (133211@1)name="chord_320003@1">G          / D (xx0232@1)