King of the Road Roger Miller
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] Trailer for [Eb]sale or rent,[F] rooms to let, [Bb]fifty cents,
No phone, no [Eb]pool, no pets,[F] I ain't got no cigarettes, ah but
[Bb] Two hours of [Eb]pushing broom buys a[F] eight by [Bb]twelve fourbit room,
I'm a man of [Eb]means by no means,[F] King of the [Bb]Road
[Bb] Third box car [Eb]midnight train,[F] destination [Bb]Bangor, Maine,
Old worn out [Eb]suit and shoes,[F] I don't pay no [Bb]union dues, I smoke
Old stogies [Eb]I have found,[F] short, but not too [Bb]big around,
I'm a man of [Eb]means by no means,[F] King of the [Bb]Road
I know [B]every engineer on [E]every train,
[F#]All of the children and [B]all of their names
And every handout in [E]every town
And [F#]ev'ry lock that ain't locked when
No one's around I sing ...
[B] Trailer for [E]sale or rent,[F#] rooms to let, [B]fifty cents,
No phone, no [E]pool, no pets,[F#] I ain't got no cigarettes, ah but
[B] Two hours of [E]pushing broom buys a[F#] eight by twelve [B]fourbit room,
I'm a man of [E]means by no means,[F#] King of the [B]Road
rep. last verse
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