King of the Road

Words & Music: Roger Miller

(1964)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

^CTrailer for ^Fsale or rent

^GRooms to let ^Cfifty cents

No phone, no po ^Fol, no Rent

^GI aint got no cigarettes,

Ah, but ^Ctwo hours of ^Fpushing broom

Buys an ^Geight by twelve ^Cfour bit room

 

I am a man of me ^Fans by no means

^GKing of the Road

 

^CThird box car ^Fmidnight train

^Gdestination ^CBangor, Maine

Old worn out  ^Fsuit and Shoes

^GI don’t pay no union dues

I smoke ^Cold stogies ^FI have found

^Gshort but not too  ^Cbig around

 

I am a man of me ^Fans by no means

^GKing of the Road

 

^CI know every engineer on e^F very train

^Gall of the children and ^Call of their names

And every hand out in e ^Fvery town

and eve ^Gry lock that aint locked when no one is around

 

^CTrailer for ^Fsale or rent

^GRooms to let ^Cfifty cents

No phone, no po ^Fol, no Rent

^GI aint got no cigarettes,

Ah, but ^Ctwo hours of ^Fpushing broom

Buys an ^Geight by twelve ^Cfour bit room

 

I am a man of me ^Fans by no means

^GKing of the Road

 

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