Telegraph Road Tab
by Dire Straits116,780 views, added to favorites 928 times
| Tuning: | E A D G B E |
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| Capo: | no capo |
Author Unregistered. 3 contributors total, last edit on Oct 13, 2021
At 1:48
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B|-----------|------|-------0h3-/8-----|---------10------|-------|--------|--------------------|-------|
G|---5-------|------|---0h4-0h4-/7-----|-7/11------------|-10----|-----9--|7h9p7—--5h7-7b10~~--|-7-----|
D|--x--7-----|------|---0h5------------|-----------------|-------|--------|--------------------|-------|
A|-x---------|------|------------------|-----------------|-------|--------|--------------------|-------|
E|-----------|------|------------------|-----------------|-------|--------|--------------------|-------|
F Dm
A long time ago came a man on a track
C Bb F
walking thirty miles with a sack on his back
Bb C F C7
and he put down his load where he thought it was the best
Bb Gm7 Bb
he made a home in the wilderness
F Dm
he built a cabin and a winter store
C Am Bb F
and he ploughed up the ground by the cold lake shore
Bb C F C
and the other travellers came riding down the track
Bb F/A Gm7 Bb
and they never went further and they never went back
F Dm
then came the churches then came the schools
C Bb F
then came the lawyers then came the rules
Bb Csus4 C F C
then came the trains and the trucks with their loads
Bb Bb Dm
and the dirty old track was the telegraph road
At 3:17
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G|-2/5-5b7---|---|-----|-----5-5/7-|---7/11----|----|----|
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F Dm
Then came the mines - then came the ore
C Bb Bb F
then there was the hard times then there was a war
Bb C F C7
telegraph sang a song about the world outside
Bb Gm7
telegraph road got so deep and so wide
Bb F
like a rolling river. . .
At 4:10
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D|-12—12h10p12--|--------------------------|-x--------|--------------------|----------------------|
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G|--------10---12p10----10-|-12-/19--------------------|-----------------------------|
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And my radio says tonight it's gonna freeze
Dm
people driving home from the factories
C
there's six lanes of traffic
Am Dm
three lanes moving slow. . .
At 5:49
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C F Dm
I used to like to go to work but they shut it down
C Bb
I've got a right to go to work but there's no work here to be found
F Bb C F C7
yes and they say we're gonna have to pay what's owed
Bb Gm7
we're gonna have to reap from seed that's been sowed
Bb F Dm
and the birds up on the wires and the telegraph poles
C Bb
they can always fly away from this rain and this cold
C7 F
you can hear them singing out their telegraph code
C Bb Dm
all the way down the telegraph road
At 7:52
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B|------0-h3-/8----|-----10—15--15--|--------|-13-|-15---------------|-------------|---|
G|-0-h4-0-h4-/7----|/11--11—14--14--|-15-----|----|------14b16r14-12-|--14p12h14~~-|---|
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C F Dm
You know I'd sooner forget but I remember those nights
C Bb
when life was just a bet on a race between the lights
F Bb C F C7
you had your head on my shoulder you had your hand in my hair
Bb Gm7
now you act a little colder like you don't seem to care
Bb F Dm
but believe in me baby and I'll take you away
C Bb
from out of this darkness and into the day
C F C
from these rivers of headlights these rivers of rain
F/A Bb C7 F C
from the anger that lives on the streets with these names
F/A Bb C7 F F/A
'cos I've run every red light on memory lane
Bb C7 F C F/A
I've seen desperation explode into flames
Bb C7 F C
and I don't want to see it again. . .
Am Dm
From all of these signs saying sorry but we're closed
Bb F Bb D5 F/D G/D D
all the way... down the Telegraph Road
At 9:32
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G|-10p7---10-b12-12-r10-7---|---------------|----------7-----|-2h5---5b7------------|
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B|-----------------------|-----------------------|---|---|---|------------10---13-|---------10--12|
G|-----------------------|-------------------0---|---|---|---|-10h12p10-10--------|-10h12p10------|
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e|------------------|---|--------------10----|-------|----------------------|----|-----------------|
B|---13-12----------|---|------------10---13-|-13-12-|-12-12-12----12-------|-18-|-17-15-18-17-15--|
G|-x-------14p12h14-|---|-10h12p10-10--------|-14-12-|-12-12-12-------12-11-|----|-----------------|
D|------------------|---|--------------------|-------|----------12----------|----|-----------------|
A|------------------|---|--------------------|-------|----------------------|----|-----------------|
E|------------------|---|--------------------|-------|----------------------|----|-----------------|
e|----------|---------------|-------------------------|---------15---15p13-|-----------------------|
B|-------15-|-17-b18-r17-15-|--------15-18p15----15---|---15------15-------|-15-17p15--------15----|
G|-14>16----|---------------|-17-b19----------17---17-|-17---17------------|---------16-14h16------|
D|----------|---------------|-------------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
A|----------|---------------|-------------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
E|----------|---------------|-------------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
e|-------------------------|---------------------------|
B|-13-b15-15-15-r13-10-----|-13-b15-15-15-r13-10-------|
G|-------------------------|---------------------------|
D|-------------------------|---------------------------|
A|-------------------------|---------------------------|
E|-------------------------|---------------------------|
Fade out
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| x Dead note
|(n) Ghost note
| ~ Vibrato
| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
| r Release
| / Slide up
| \ Slide down
| b Bend
| r Release
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Telegraph Road – Dire Straits
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10 comments
If I could play all that then I probably would have left school for a music carrer by now!
+12
now thats a solo!!!!
+7
the "acoustic" is played on a resonator with a capo on the 3rd. I would tab it, but the arsemunches at ultimate-guitar always reject my tabs.
+2