King Of The Road

by Roger Miller

Date Added
8/12/2025
**Chords:**
G  C  G  D7  
G  C  G  D7  
G  C  G  D7  
G  C  G  D7  

**Lyrics:**

       G              C            G          D7  
Trailer for sale or rent, rooms to let, fifty cents.  
        G               C           G          D7  
No phone, no pool, no pets, I ain't got no cigarettes.  
        G               C              G             D7  
Ah, but two hours of pushin' broom buys a eight by twelve four-bit room.  
        G              C                 G          D7  
I'm a man of means by no means, king of the road.  

       G               C            G          D7  
Third boxcar, midnight train, destination, Bangor, Maine.  
        G               C            G          D7  
Old worn out suit and shoes, I don't pay no union dues.  
        G              C               G             D7  
I smoke old stogies I have found, short but not too big around.  
        G              C                 G          D7  
I'm a man of means by no means, king of the road.  

       G                C            G          D7  
I know every engineer on every train, all of their children, and all of their names.  
        G              C              G          D7  
And every handout in every town, and every lock that ain't locked when no one's around.  
        G              C                 G             D7  
I sing, trailers for sale or rent, rooms to let, fifty cents.  
        G               C            G          D7  
No phone, no pool, no pets, I ain't got no cigarettes.  
        G              C               G             D7  
Ah, but two hours of pushin' broom buys a eight by twelve four-bit room.  
        G              C                 G          D7  
I'm a man of means by no means, king of the road.  
        G              C                 G          D7  
I'm a man of means by no means, king of the road.