King Of The Road Live Version Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays460

King Of The Road Live Version by Roger Miller is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C and D7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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G
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G           C            D7           G 
Trailer for sale or rent rooms to let fifty cents 

            C            D7 
No phone no pool no pets I ain't got no cigarettes ah but 

G            C                    D7              G 
Two hours of pushing broom buys a eight by twelve four-bit room 

             C                 D7          G 
I'm a man of means by no means King of the Road 

   
              C              D7          G 
Third box car midnight train destination Bangor Maine 

             C              D7 
Old worn out suit and shoes I don't pay no union dues  

        G           C            D7                G 
I smoke old stogies I have found short but not too big around 

             C                 D7          G 
I'm a man of means by no means King of the Road 

   
                         C 
I know every engineer on every train 

D7                      G 
All of the children and all of their names 

                     C 
And every handout in every town 

    D7 
And every lock that ain't locked when no one's around  



       G           C            D7           G 
I sing Trailer for sale or rent rooms to let fifty cents 

            C            D7 
No phone no pool no pets I ain't got no cigarettes ah but 

G            C                    D7              G 
Two hours of pushing broom buys a eight by twelve four-bit room 

             C                 D7          G 
I'm a man of means by no means King of the Road 
    	

Chord diagrams

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