Telegraph Road
Dire Straits
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A Flong time ago came a Dmman on a track
Cadd9walking thirty miles with a Bsack on his back
and he Bput down his load Cwhere he Fthought it was the Cbest
BHe made a home in the wildGm7ernessB
FHe built a cabin and a Dmwinter store
and he Cadd9ploughed up the ground by the Bcold lake shore
Band the other Ctravellers came Friding down the Ctrack
and they Bnever went further and they Gm7never went backB
FThen came the churches, Dmthen came the schools
Cadd9Then came the lawyers, Bthen came the rules
BThen came the Ctrains and the Ftrucks with their Cloads
and the Bdirty old track was the telegraph D5road
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FThen came the mines, Dmthen came the ore
Cadd9Then there was the hard times, Bthen there was a war
BTelegraph sang a Csong Fabout the world outCside
BTelegraph road got so Gm7deep and so wideB
BLike a rolling Friver
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DAnd my Gmradio says tonigGmht it's gonna freeze
DmPeople driving home from the Dmfactories
There's Csix lanes of traffic
AmThree lanes moving DmslowC
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Cadd9I used to Flike to go to work but they Dmshut it down
I've got a Cadd9right to go to work but there's no Bwork here to be found
Yes, and they Bsay we're Cgonna have to Fpay what's Cowed
We're Bgonna have to reap from Gm7seed that's been sowedB
And the Fbirds up on the wires and the Dmtelegraph poles
They can Cadd9always fly away from this Brain and this cold
You can Bhear them Csinging out their Ftelegraph Ccode
All the Bway down the telegraph roadDm
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DYou know I'd Dmsooner forget but I Dmremember those nights
When Clife was just a bet on a race Bbetween the lights
You had your Bhead on my Cshoulder, you had your Fhand in my Chair
Now you Bact a little colder like you Gm7don't seem to care
BBut Fbelieve in me, baby, and I'll Dmtake you away
From Cadd9out of this darkness and Binto the day
From these Brivers of headliCghts, these Frivers of CrainF
From the Banger that lives on Cthe Fstreets with these CnamesF
'Cause I've Brun every red light Con Fmemory ClaneF
I've Bseen desperation CFexplode into CflamesF
BAnd I don't Cwanna Fsee it Cagain
From Amall of these signs saying "DmSorry, but we're closed"
All the Bway FBdown the telegraph road
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