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King Of The Road

Words and Music by Roger Miller - 1964

Part 1:
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-	F	G	C    (repeat part 1)
Part 2:
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-	F	G	-     (repeat part 1)

8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

Play Parts 1 1 2 1.

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Part 1:

Trailer for sale or rent, rooms to let fifty cents,

No phone, no pool, no pets, I ain't got no cigarettes.

Ah, but two hours of pushing broom buys a, eight by twelve fourbit room.

I'm a man of means by no means, King Of The Road.

 

Part 1:

Third boxcar midnight train, destination Bangor, Maine,

Old worn out suit and shoes, I don't pay no union dues.

I smoke old stogies I have found, short but not too big around.

I'm a man of means by no means, King Of The Road.

 

Part 2:
I know every engineer on every train, all of the children and all of their names,

And every handout in every town and ev’ry lock that ain’t locked when no one’s around.  I sing....

 

Part 1:

Trailer for sale or rent, rooms to let fifty cents,

No phone, no pool, no pets, I ain't got no cigarettes.

Ah, but two hours of pushing broom buys a, eight by twelve fourbit room.

I'm a man of means by no means, King Of The Road.

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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