King of The Road - Roger Miller - 60 bpm

 
C
Trail

er for 
F
sale or 

rent. 
G
Rooms 

to let...
C
fifty 

cents.

 
C
No 

phone, no 
F
pool, no 

pets. 
G
I ain't 

got no 

cigar

ettes. Ah, but..

 
C
Two 

hours of 
F
pushin' 

broom buys an 
G
eight 

by twelve 
C
four-bit 

room

I'm a 
C7
man 

of 
F
means by 

no means, 
G


King of the 
C
road.

 
C
Third 

boxcar, 
F
midnight 

train, 
G
des

tination 
C
Bangor, 

Maine.

 
C
Old 

worn out 
F
suit and 

shoes, 
G
I don't 

pay no 

union 

dues.

I smoke 
C
old 

stogies 
F
I have 

found, 
G
short, 

but not too 
C
big a

round

I'm a 
C7
man 

of 
F
means by 

no means, 
G


King of the 
C
road.

I know 
C
every engi

neer on 
F
every 

train, 
G
all of their 

children, and 
C
all of their 

names

And 
C
every 

handout in 
F
every 

town and 
G
every lock that 

ain't locked when 

no one's 

around. I sing ..

repeat first verse