King Of The Road

	  		 
  
    A                  D                   E            A  
Trailers for sale or rent, rooms to let, 50 cents,  
                          D                           E  
No phone no pool no pets — I ain't got no cigarettes, but  
   A                         D                            E                  A  
Two hours of pushin’ broom, buys a eight-by-twelve four-bit room.  
                D                                     E  
I'm a man of means by no means, King of the Road. 
 

        A                      D                 E                 A  
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                   A  
I smoke old stogies I have found, short but not too big around.  
              D                                   E 
I'm a man of means by no means, King of the Road.  

Key Change To Bb 
 
Bridge: 
                 Bb                        Eb          
I know every engineer on every train,  
  F                                Bb  
All of the children and all of their names,  
                              Eb  
Every handout in every town,  
              F  
And ev'ry lock that ain't locked when no one’s around.  


      Bb             Eb                   F            Bb  
Trailers for sale or rent, rooms to let, 50 cents.  
                     Eb                   F  
No phone no pool no pets — I ain't got no ciggaretes, but  
     Bb                   Eb                            F                    Bb  
Two hours of pushin’ broom, buys a eight-by-twelve four-bit room.  
              Eb                                    F   
I'm a man of means by no means,   King of the Road.  

 F  
    King of the Road.  

 F   
    King of the Road.