Roger Miller, King Of The Road (1964)
Key: :[Bb] (w: Roger Miller)
VERSE 1:
[Bb] Trailer for
[Eb] sale or rent
[F] Rooms to let
[Bb] fifty cents
No phone, no
[Eb] pool, no pets
[F open] I ain't got no cigarettes
CHORUS 1:
Ah, but
[Bb] two hours of
[Eb] pushin' broom
Buys a
[F] eight by twelve
[Bb] four-bit room
I'm a, man of
[Eb] means by no means
[F open] King of the road
VERSE 2:
[Bb] Third boxcar,
[Eb] midnight train
[F] Destination
[Bb] Bangor, Maine
Old worn out
[Eb] suit and shoes
[F open] I don't pay no union dues
CHORUS 2:
I smoke
[Bb] 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 open] King of the Road
SONG KEY CHANGE: [+1] [B]
BRIDGE:
[B] I know every engineer on every
[E] train
[F#] All of their children, and
[B] all of their names
And every handout in
[E] every town
And
[F# open] every lock that ain't locked when no one's around I sing
VERSE 3:
[B] Trailers for
[E] sale or rent
[F#] Rooms to let,
[B] fifty cents
No phone, no
[E] pool, no pets
[F# open] I ain't got no cigarettes
CHORUS 3:
Ah, but,
[B] two hours of
[E] pushin' broom
Buys a,
[F#] eight by twelve
[B] four-bit room
I'm a man of
[E] means by no means
[F# open] King of the Road
REPEAT VERSE 3:
REPEAT CHORUS 3: 