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King Of The Road
Roger Miller
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Subject: KingOfTheRoad.crd
From: frank.palcat@synapse.org (Frank Palcat)
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 00:19:00 -0500
Artist: Roger Miller
Title: King Of The Road
Year: 1964
KING OF THE ROAD
Words and Music by Roger Miller
Chords used:
C C7 F G7
e --0---0---1---1---|
B --1---1---1---0---|
G --0---3---2---0---|
D --2---2---3---0---|
A --3---3---x---2---|
E --x---x---x---3---|
| - denotes the start or end of a measure.
4/4 time: Key of C
Moderately, with a bounce
|C |F |
1,3. Trail - er___ for sale or rent,___
2. Third box__ car mid - night train,__
|G7 |C |
Rooms___ to let___ fif - ty cents.__
Des - ti - na - tion: Ban - gor, Maine.__
|C |F |
No phone,__ no pool, no pets;__
Old worn___ out suit and shoes;_
|G7 |G7 |
I ain't got no cig - a - rettes,_ Ah, but
I don't pay no un - ion dues.__ I smoke
|C |F |
two hours_ of push - ing broom__ buys a
old sto - gies I have found,_
|G7 |C |
eight__ by twelve four bit room.__ I'm a
Short__ but not too big a - round.__ I'm a
|C7 |F |
man of means by no means,
man of means by no means,
|G7 |C |
King___ Of The Road. (see note below)
King___ Of The Road. I know
(Continuation of 2nd verse only)
|C |F |
ev - er - y en - gi - neer on ev - er - y train,__
|G7 |C |
all of the chil - dren and all of their names, and
|C |F |
ev - er - y hand - out in ev - er - y town,__ and
|G7 |G7 |
ev-'ry lock that ain't locked when no one's a-round. I sing
(Go back to the top and do the 3rd verse)
Note: Upon reaching this point in the song --
(1) after the 1st verse, go back to the top and do the 2nd verse.
(2) after the 3rd verse, stop (the song is over).
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KING OF THE ROAD
(R. Miller)
From: cseb@frodo.lfi.uni-hannover.de (Christian Sebeke)
Bb Eb F Bb
Trailer for sale or rent, rooms to let, fifty cents,
Eb F
No phone, no pool, no pets, I ain't got no cigarettes, ah but
Bb Eb F Bb
Two hours of pushing broom buys a eight by twelve fourbit room,
Eb F Bb
I'm a man of means by no means, King of the Road
Bb Eb F Bb
Third box car midnight train, destination Bangor, Maine,
Eb F Bb
Old worn out suit and shoes, I don't pay no union dues, I smoke
Eb F Bb
Old stogies I have found, short, but not too big around,
Eb F Bb
I'm a man of means by no means, King of the Road
B E
I know every engineer on every train,
F# B
All of the children and all of their names
E
And every handout in every town
F#
And ev'ry lock that ain't locked when
No one's around I sing ...
B E F# B
Trailer for sale or rent, rooms to let, fifty cents,
E F#
No phone, no pool, no pets, I ain't got no cigarettes, ah but
B E F# B
Two hours of pushing broom buys a eight by twelve fourbit room,
E F# B
I'm a man of means by no means, King of the Road
rep. last verse
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