King Of The Road chords by Roger Miller

Chords with lyrics

Title:  King Of The Road
Year:   1964

                       KING OF THE ROAD

               Words and Music by Roger Miller

Chords used:

    C majorC   C7C7  FF   G7G7
e --0---0---1---1---
BB --1---1---1---0---
G+G --0---3---2---0---
D MajorD --2---2---3---0---
A augmentedA --3---3---x---2---
E MajorE --x---x---x---3---

| - denotes the start or end of a measure.

4/4 time:  Key of C majorC
Moderately, with a bounce

|C majorC                                |FF                          |
1,3.     Trail - er___   ..
2.       Third   box..,__

|G7G7                               |C majorC                          |
      Rooms___   ..
      Des   -    ti - na - tion...__

|C majorC                                |FF                          |
          No     ..
          Old    ..

|G7G7                               |G7G7                         |
      I    ain't    ..
      I    ..

|C majorC                                |FF                          |
       two    ..
       old    ..,_

|G7G7                               |C majorC                          |
       eight__    ..
       Short__    ..
|C7C7                               |FF                          |
          man             ..
          man             ..,

|G7G7                               |C majorC                          |
            King___    ...      (see note below)
            King___    ...              I  know

(Continuation of 2nd verse only)
|C majorC                                |FF                          |
 ev - er - y  ..
|G7G7                               |C majorC                          |
 all  ..

|C majorC                                |FF                          |
 ev - er - y    ..

|G7G7                                |G7G7                        |
 ev-'ry ..

(Go back to the top and do the 3rd verse)


Note: Upon reaching this point in the song --
      (1) after the 1st verse, go back to the top and do the 2nd verse.
      (2) after the 3rd verse, stop (the song is over).
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                   KING OF THE ROAD
                     (R. Miller)


Bb majorBb            Eb MajorEb           FF              Bb majorBb
  Trailer ..
               Eb MajorEb            FF
  No ..
Bb majorBb             Eb MajorEb                  FF         Bb majorBb
  Two ..
               Eb MajorEb                FF            Bb majorBb
  I'm a ..


Bb majorBb              Eb MajorEb             FF            Bb majorBb
  Third ..
               Eb MajorEb             FF               Bb majorBb
  Old ...
              Eb MajorEb           FF                   Bb majorBb
  Old ..,
               Eb MajorEb                FF            Bb majorBb
  I'm a ..

         BB                 E MajorE
  I know ..
  F#F#                      BB
  All ..
                       E MajorE
  And ..
      F#F#
  And ..

  No ..
BB             E MajorE            F#F#             BB
  Trailer ..,
               E MajorE             F#F#
  No ..
BB              E MajorE                   F#F#               BB
  Two .,
               E MajorE                 F#F#           BB
  I'm a ..

rep. last verse