| C | F | G7 | C | |
| Trailer for | sale or rent, | rooms to let | fifty cents |
| C | F | G | G7 | |
| No phone, no | pool, no pets .. | . I ain't got no | cigarettes |
| C | F | |
| Ah, but ... | two hours of | pushin' broom |
| G7 | C | |
| Buys a | eight-by-twelve | four-bit room |
| C7 | F | G7 | C | |
| I'm a .. | . man of | means, by no means . | ... King of the | Road |
| C | F | G7 | C | |
| Third boxcar, | midnight train, | destination | Bangor, Maine |
| C | F | G | G7 | |
| Old worn-out | suit and shoes, | I don't pay no | union dues |
| C | F | |
| I smoke ... | old stogies | I have found |
| G7 | C | |
| Short, but not too | big around |
| C7 | F | G7 | C | |
| I'm a .. | . man of | means, by no means . | ... King of the | Road |
| Bridge: |
| C | F | |
| I know | every engineer on | every train |
| G7 | C | |
| All of their children, and | all of their names |
| C | F | |
| And | every handout in | every town |
| G | G7 | |
| And | every lock that ain't locked, when | no one's around, I sing ... |
| C | F | G7 | C | |
| Trailer for | sale or rent, | rooms to let | fifty cents |
| C | F | G | G7 | |
| No phone, no | pool, no pets .. | . I ain't got no | cigarettes |
| C | F | |
| Ah, but ... | two hours of | pushin' broom |
| G7 | C | |
| Buys a | eight-by-twelve | four-bit room |
| C7 | F | G7 | C | |
| I'm a .. | . man of | means, by no means . | ... King of the | Road |