The Singing Scoutmaster: King of the Road



King of the Road
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Category: Calm
Link: Performance Example

C           F              
Trailer for sale or rent,  
G7            C             
Rooms to let  fifty cents.  
             F              
No phone, no pool, no pets  
  G7                       
I ain't got no cigarettes  
          C            F              
Ah, but.. two hours of pushin' broom  
        G7              C              
Buys an eight by twelve four-bit room  
      C7     F                  
I'm a man of means by no means  
G7          C      
King of the road.  
   
C             F                
Third boxcar, midnight train,  
G7          C               
Destination Bangor, Maine.  
             F                 
Old worn out suits and shoes,  
  G7                        
I don't pay no union dues,  
        C           F             
I smoke old stogies I have found  
G7                 C           
Short, but not too big around  
      C7     F                  
I'm a man of means by no means  
G7          C      
King of the road.  
   
       C                 F            
I know every engineer on every train  
G7                         C                   
All of their children, and all of their names  
    C                F           
And every handout in every town  
    G7                                                  
And every lock that ain't locked when no one's around.  
   
          C           F              
I sing,…..Trailer for sale or rent,  
G7            C             
Rooms to let  fifty cents.  
             F              
No phone, no pool, no pets  
  G7                       
I ain't got no cigarettes  
          C            F              
Ah, but.. two hours of pushin' broom  
        G7              C              
Buys an eight by twelve four-bit room  
      C7     F                  
I'm a man of means by no means  
   
G7          C                
King of the road      (x 3)  
   

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