g / B
g / -
d / -
C / a
B/D /

d7 / G/D
D /

d7 C/D / G/D
D / d7

G/D / D
d / F C
G / D
D7 / g
C
FA long time ago came da man on a track
Cwalking thirty miles with a Bsack on his back   F 
Band he put down hiCs load whFere he thought it was tC7he best
Bhe made a home in the wildg7erness       B  
Fhe built a dcabin and a winter store
Cand he ploughed up the aground Bby the cold lakeF shore
Band the other Ctravellers came Friding down the Ctrack
Band they never wentF/A further g7and they never went Bback
Fthen came the churches dthen came the schools
Cthen came the lawyers Bthen came the rules F 
Bthen came the Csus4trains and Cthe Ftrucks with their Cloads
Band the dirty oBld track   was the telegradph road

FThen came the mines - dthen came the ore
Cthen there was the hard times Bthen there was Ba   Fwar
Btelegraph sang a Csong aFbout the world outC7side
Btelegraph road got so g7deep and so wide
Blike a rolling Friver. . .

d / C a
B F / B C
F C / B F/A
g7 / B
F / d
C / B F
B Csus4 C / F C
B / B
g7 B / F
d / C
B F/A / B C
F C / B
B / d
d7 / G
D / d C
F C / G

DAnd mD7/F#y radioG says tonight it's gonna freeze
dpeople driving home from the factories
Cthere's six lanes of traffic
athree lanes moving slow.d . .

d7/C / d
A7+ A7 / B C7/E
Fsus9 F/C / g7 C7 C7/Bb
Fsus4 F / g F/A
B A / d
A7+ A / B g6/E
C9 F / g C7/Bb
Fsus4 F / g F/A
B A / d
A7+ A / B C7/E
C7 F / g7 C7
Fsus4Bb    FA7-9[/]/ gDm   a  
A/D / B/D C/E
Fsus4 F / B/F C7/F
B/F F / g7 F/A
B A7 / D

CI used to likFe to go to work but they shudt it down
CI've got a right to go to work but Bthere's no work here to be found
Fyes and they Bsay we're gonna have Cto pay Fwhat's owedC7  
Bwe're gonna have to reapg7 from seed that's been sowed
Band the birFds up on the wires and the teldegraph poles
Cthey can always fly away from tBhis rain and this cold
C7you can here them Fsinging out their telegraph code
Call the wBay down the telegraph roadd  

d7 / G
D / d
d7 / G
D / d
d7 / G7/D
D / d
B C / d

CYou know I'd sooFner forget but I rememdber those nights
Cwhen life was just a bet on a Brace between the lights
Fyou had your Bhead on my shoulCder Fyou had your C7hand in my hair
Bnow you act a little colder like g7you don't seem to care
Bbut belieFve in me baby and I'll takde you away
Cfrom out of this darknessB and into the day
Cfrom these riversF of headlightsC these rivers of rain
F/Afrom the angBer that lives on theC7 strFeets with these namCes
F/A'cos I'vBe run every red light on C7memFory lane   F/A   
BI've seen desperaC7tioFn explode Cinto flF/Aames
Band I don't wanC7t to seeF it agaiCn. . .

aFrom all of these signs sadying sorry but we're closed
Ball the way

C/E / B
g/D / F/A C/G
B/F F/E / B/D F/C

g/Bbdown the telegraph road   d  

d7 / G7/D
D / d
d7 / G/D
D / d
d7 / G
D / d
F / G
D / d
d / G/D
D / d7
F C / G
d7 / d7
d7 / G7sus4/D G7/D
D / d7
C / G
D /d7
d7 / G7sus4/D G7/D
D / d7
C / G
D /d7
d7 / G7sus4/D G7/D
D / d7
C / G
d7 e Dm /

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d7 / F
G / D