Songs For My Own Enjoyment: King of the Road



King of the Road
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Category: Calm
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Trailer for sale or rent,  
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Rooms to let fifty cents.  
             IV             
No phone, no pool, no pets  
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I ain't got no cigarettes  
        I            IV             
Ah, but two hours of pushin' broom  
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Buys an eight by twelve four-bit room  
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I'm a man of means by no means  
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King of the road.  
   
I             IV               
Third boxcar, midnight train,  
V7          I               
Destination Bangor, Maine.  
             IV                
Old worn out suits and shoes,  
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I don't pay no union dues,  
        I           IV            
I smoke old stogies I have found  
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Short, but not too big around  
      I7     IV                 
I'm a man of means by no means  
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King of the road.  
   
       I                 IV           
I know every engineer on every train  
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All of their children, and all of their names  
    I                IV          
And every handout in every town  
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And every lock that ain't locked when no one's around.  
   
        I           IV             
I sing, Trailer for sale or rent,  
V7           I             
Rooms to let fifty cents.  
             IV             
No phone, no pool, no pets  
  V7                       
I ain't got no cigarettes  
        I            IV             
Ah, but two hours of pushin' broom  
        V7              I              
Buys an eight by twelve four-bit room  
      I7     IV                 
I'm a man of means by no means  
   
V7          I                
King of the road      (x 3)  
   

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