King of the Road Roger Miller
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King of the Road - Roger Miller
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Tabbed by: dazultra
The other tabs are ok but this one at least is in the same key as the song.
Tuning: Standard
Chords used:
[A#] [D#] [F]
e --6---6---1---| B --6---8---1---| G --7---8---2---| D --8---8---3---| A --6---6---3---| E --6---x---1---|
[A#]Trailer for s[D#]ale or rent
[F]Rooms to let...[A#]fifty cents.
No phone, no [D#]pool, no pets
[F]I ain't got no cigarettes
Ah, but..[A#]two hours of p[D#]ushin' broom
Buys a [F]eight by twelve [A#]four-bit room
I'm a, man of [D#]means by no means
[F] King of the [A#]road.
[A#]Third boxcar, m[D#]idnight train
[F]Destination...[A#]Bangor, Maine.
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Old worn out [D#]suit and shoes,
[F]I don't pay no union dues,
I smoke [A#]old stogies [D#]I have found
[F]Short, but not too [A#]big around
I'm a man of [D#]means by no means
[F] King of the [A#]Road.
[A#]I know every engineer on every [D#]train
[F]All of their children, and [A#]all of their names
And every handout in [D#]every town
And [F]every lock that ain't locked
[F]When no one's around. I sing:
[A#]Trailers for [D#]sale or rent
[F]Rooms to let, [A#]fifty cents
No phone, no [D#]pool, no pets
[F]I ain't got no cigarettes
Ah, but, [A#]two hours of p[D#]ushin' broom
Buys a, [F]eight by twelve [A#]four-bit room
I'm a man of [D#]means by no means
[F] King of the [A#]Road.
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