King Of The Road

Roger Miller

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 Trailers for sale or rent, rooms to let, fifty cents
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 No phone, no pool, no pets. I ain't got no cigarettes
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Ah, but two hours of pushing broom buys a eight by twelve four bit room
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I'm a man of means by no means king of the road

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 Third box car, midnight train, destination Bangor, Maine
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 Old worn out suit and shoes, I don't pay no union dues
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I smoke old stogies I have found, short but not too big around
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I'm a man of means by no means king of the road

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I know every engineer on every train
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all of the children and all of their names
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And every hand out in every town
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and every lock that ain't locked when no one's around, I sing

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 Trailers for sale or rent, rooms to let, fifty cents
B             E             F#
 No phone, no pool, no pets. I ain't got no cigarettes
       B             E                   F#               B
Ah, but two hours of pushing broom buys a eight by twelve four bit room
     B       E                F#           B
I'm a man of means by no means king of the road

B             E            F#             B
 Trailers for sale or rent, rooms to let fifty cents
B             E             F#
 No phone, no pool, no pets I ain't got no cigarettes
       B             E                   F#               B
Ah, but two hours of pushing broom buys a eight by twelve four bit room  (fade out)