| 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 |