King Of The Road chords by Johnny Russell

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Intro 1

Verse 1
C 
D 
Trailers for sale  (C major) or rent  (D major) 
G 
Rooms to let,  (G major) 50cents
C 
No phone, no pool,  (C major) no pets
D 
G 
D 
C 
 (D major) I ain't got no  (G major) ci (D major) gar (C major) ettes
Bm 
G 
C 
 (B minor) Ah but,  (G major) 2 hours of  (C major) pushing broom
D 
G 
Buys an  (D major) eight by twelve  (G major) four- bit room
C 
I'm a man of means,  (C major) by no means,
D 
G 
 (D major) King of  (G major) the road.

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Verse 2
G 
 (G major) 
C 
Third boxcar, mid (C major) night train,
D 
G 
 (D major) destination,  (G major) Bangor, Maine.
C 
Old worn out clothes  (C major) and shoes,
D 
C# 
G 
D 
 (D major) I  (C sharp major) don't pay  (G major) no  (D major) union dues,
Bm 
G 
C 
D 
 (B minor) I smoke  (G major) old stogies I  (C major) have found  (D major) short,
G 
but not too  (G major) big around
C 
I'm a man of means  (C major) by no means,
D 
C 
G 
 (D major)  (C major) king  (G major) of the road.
Eb 
 (E flat major) I know

Verse 3
Ab 
C# 
 (A flat major) every engineer on  (C sharp major) every train
Eb 
All  (E flat major) of their children,
Ab 
and  (A flat major) all of their names
C# 
And every handout in  (C sharp major) every town
Eb 
And  (E flat major) every lock that ain't locked,
when no one's around.
Cm 
C 
 (C minor) I  (C major) sing,

Verse 4
Ab 
C# 
 (A flat major) trailers for sale  (C sharp major) or rent,
Eb 
Ab 
 (E flat major) rooms to let,  (A flat major) fifty cents
C# 
No phone, no pool,  (C sharp major) no pets,
Eb 
Ab 
Eb 
 (E flat major) I ain't got no  (A flat major) cigarettes  (E flat major) 
Ab 
C# 
Ah,  (A flat major) but, two hours of  (C sharp major) pushin' broom
Eb 
Ab 
Buys an  (E flat major) eight by twelve four-  (A flat major) bit room
C# 
I'm a man of  (C sharp major) means by no means,
Eb 
Ab 
 (E flat major) king of  (A flat major) the road.

Verse 5
Ab 
 (A flat major) 
C# 
Trailers for sale  (C sharp major) or rent,
Eb 
Ab 
 (E flat major) rooms to  (A flat major) let, fifty cents
Cm 
Ab 
C# 
No phone,  (C minor) no  (A flat major) pool,  (C sharp major) no pets,
Eb 
 (E flat major) I ain't got no cigarettes
Cm 
Ab 
Cm 
Ab 
C# 
Ah,  (C minor) but,  (A flat major) two hours  (C minor)  (A flat major) of   (C sharp major) pushin' broom
Buys an eight by twelve four- bit room
I'm a man
of means by no means, king of the road.