Gm (355333@1) / BbGm / - Dm (xx0231@1) / - C (x32010@1) / AmBb/D / Dm7 / G/DD / Dm7 C/D / G/D D (xx0232@1) / Dm7 G/D (4x3121@7) / DDm / F (133211@1) CG / DD7 / GmC 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) AmBb F (133211@1) / Bb (x1333x@1) CF C (x32010@1) / Bb (x1333x@1) F/AGm7 (x03211@1) / BbF / DmC / Bb (x1333x@1) FBb Csus4C / F (133211@1) CBb / BbGm7 (x1333x@1) Bb (x1333x@1)/ FDm / CBb F/A/ (x03211@1)Bb (x1333x@1) CF C (x32010@1) / BbBb / DmDm7 (xx0231@1) / GD / Dm (xx0231@1) CF 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 / DmA7 A7 (x02020@1)/ Bb (x1333x@1) C7/E Fsus9 F / Gm7 C7 C7/Bb Fsus4 (113311@1) F (133211@1) / Gm (355333@1) F/ABb A (x02220@1) / DmA7 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/ABb A (x02220@1) / DmA7 A (x02220@1) / Bb (x1333x@1) C7/E C7 (x32310@1) F (133211@1) / Gm7 C7Fsus4 F (133211@1) / Gm (355333@1) AmBb A7-9/ DmA/D / Bb/DC/E Fsus4 F / Bb/F C7/F Bb/F (102220@1) F (133211@1) / Gm7 F/ABb 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 / GD / DmDm7 (xx0231@1) / GD / DmDm7 (xx0231@1) / G7/D D (xx0232@1) / DmBb 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) C7F F/A (x03211@1) 'cos I've run every red light on memory lane Bb (x1333x@1) C7F 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/DD / DmDm7 (xx0231@1) / GD / DmF / GD / DmDm / G/DD / Dm7 F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) / GDm7 (320003@1) / Dm7 Dm7 / G7sus4/D G7/D D (xx0232@1) / Dm7 C (x32010@1) / GD /Dm7 Dm7 / G7sus4/D G7/D D (xx0232@1) / Dm7 C (x32010@1) / GD /Dm7 Dm7 / G7sus4/D G7/D D (xx0232@1) / Dm7 C (x32010@1) / GDm7 (320003@1)Em Dm / (rpt ad lib to fade) Dm7 / FG / D (xx0232@1)