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King Of The Road

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[*Intro]
| N.C. | / | / | / | A
[Verse 1]
Trailers for Dsale or rent,E  
Rooms to let Afifty cents,
No phone, no Dpool, no pets E-
I ain't got no cigarettes.
Ah, but two Ahours of a Dpushing broom
Buys a Eeight by Atwelf four bedroom.
[Chorus]
I'm a man of Dmeans by D#dim7no means E- king of the road.A  
[Verse 2]
Third box car, Dmidnight trainE,
Destination ABangor, Maine
Old worn out Dsuit and shoes E-
I don't pay no Union dues.
I smoke a Aold stogies DI have found,E  
Short, but not too Abig or round.
[Chorus]
I'm a man of Dmeans by no means E- king of the road.
[Verse 3]
Well, I Bbknow every engineer on Ebevery train,
And Fall of the children and Bball of their names,
And every handout in Ebevery town
And Fevery lock but ain't locked when no one's around -
[Verse 4]
I sing Bb"Trailers for Ebsale or rent,F  
Rooms to let Bbfifty cents."
No phone, no Ebpool, no pets F-
I ain't got no cigarettes.
Ah, but Bbtwo hours of a Ebpushing broom
But buys a Feight by Bbtwelf four bedroom.
[Chorus]
I'm a man of Ebmeans by no means F- king of the road.
[Coda]
FYeBb7ah!Bb7  

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King Of The Road

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D#dim7

Bb7

[*Intro]

| N.C. | / | / | / | A

[Verse 1]

D E

Trailers for sale or rent,

Rooms to let fifty cents,

D E

No phone, no pool, no pets -

I ain't got no cigarettes.

A D

Ah, but two hours of a pushing broom

E A

Buys a eight by twelf four bedroom.

[Chorus]

D D#dim7 E A

I'm a man of means by no means - king of the road.

[Verse 2]

D E

Third box car, midnight train,

Destination Bangor, Maine

D E

Old worn out suit and shoes -

I don't pay no Union dues.

A D E

I smoke a old stogies I have found,

Short, but not too big or round.

[Chorus]

D E

I'm a man of means by no means - king of the road.

[Verse 3]

Bb Eb

Well, I know every engineer on every train,

F Bb

And all of the children and all of their names,

And every handout in every town

And every lock but ain't locked when no one's around -

[Verse 4]

Bb Eb F

I sing "Trailers for sale or rent,

Rooms to let fifty cents."

Eb F

No phone, no pool, no pets -

I ain't got no cigarettes.

Bb Eb

Ah, but two hours of a pushing broom

F Bb

But buys a eight by twelf four bedroom.

[Chorus]

Eb F

I'm a man of means by no means - king of the road.

[Coda]

F Bb7 Bb7

Yeah!

About King Of The Road Chords by The King

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