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King of the road

Roger Miller

 
G            C            
 Trailer for  sale or rent
D7             G           
 Rooms to let  fifty cents
             C             
No phone, no  pool, no pets
D             D7                  
 Ain't got no  cigarettes, ah but
G             C                    
 Two hours of  pushing broom buys a
D7                G                    
 Eight by twelve  four bit room, I'm a
G7       C                 
 Man of  means by no means
D7            G    
 King of the  road
 
G             C              
 Third boxcar  midnight train
D7            G             
 Destination  Bangor, Maine
             C              
Old worn out  suit and shoes
D               D7                   
 I don't pay no  union dues, I smoke
G            C            
 Old stogies  I have found
D7                   G                 
 Short, but not too  big around, I'm a
G7       C                 
 Man of  means by no means
D7            G    
 King of the  road
 
       G                  C           
I know  every engineer on  every train
D7                      G                  
 All of their children  all of their names
                     C          
And every handout in  every town
D                                  D7                
 Every lock that ain't locked when  no one's around,
 
I sing :
 
G            C            
 Trailer for  sale or rent
D7             G           
 Rooms to let  fifty cents
             C             
No phone, no  pool, no pets
D             D7                  
 Ain't got no  cigarettes, ah but
G             C                    
 Two hours of  pushing broom buys a
D7                G                    
 Eight by twelve  four bit room, I'm a
G7       C                 
 Man of  means by no means
D7            G    
 King of the  road
D7            G    
 King of the  road
D7            G    
 King of the  road

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