[G] Trailers for [Am] sale or rent,
[D] Rooms to let – [G] 50 cents,
[G] No phone, no [Am] pool, no pets,
[D] Ain't got no [D7] cigarettes, ah but
[G] Two hours of [Am] pushing broom
buys an [D] 8 by 12 [G] four-bit room
[G] He's a man of [C] means by no means
[D] …King of the [G] road.
[G] Third box car [Am] midnight train
[D] Destination [G] Bangor, Maine
[G] Old worn-out [Am] suits and shoes,
[D] Don't pay no [D7] union dues.
[G] He smokes old [Am] stogies he has found
[D] Short, but not too [G] big around
He's a [G] man of [C] means by no means
[D] …King of the [G] road.
[G] (He knows) Every engineer on [C] every train
[D] All of their children and [G] all of their names
And [G] every hang-out in [C] every town
[D] Every lock that ain't locked when [G] no one's around.
I say, [G] Trailers for [Am] sale or rent,
[D] Rooms to let – [G] 50 cents,
[G] No phone, no [Am] pool, no pets,
[D] Ain't got no [D7] cigarettes, ah but
[G] Two hours of [Am] pushing broom
buys an [D] 8 by 12 [G] four-bit room
[G] He's a man of [C] means by no means
[D] …King of the [G] road.
[D] …King of the [G] road.
[D] …King of the [G] road.
[D] …King of the [G] road.