KING OF THE ROAD – Guitar Lesson

While young Roger Miller walked three miles each day to his one-room school, he would compose songs in his head.  Later those songs became more complex and articulate. We can be thankful for his tunes, his love for life and his wit! Here's your King of the Road guitar lesson!

  B E F#7 B
  Trailer for  sale or rent,    rooms to let  fifty cents
  B E F#7  
  No phone, no  pool, no pets .. . I ain't got no  cigarettes
  B E
Ah, but …  two hours of  pushin' broom
  F#7 B
Buys a  eight-by-twelve  four-bit room
  B E F#7  
I'm a .. . man of  means, by no means . … King of the  Road

  B E F#7 B
  Third boxcar,  midnight train,  destination  Bangor, Maine
  B E F#7  
  Old worn-out  suit and shoes,  I don't pay no  union dues
  B E
I smoke …   old stogies  I have found
  F#7 B
  Short, but not too  big around
  B E F#7  
I'm a .. . man of  means, by no means . … King of the  Road

 

 
  C F
I know  every engineer on  every train
  G7 C
  All of their children, and  all of their names
  C F
And  every handout in  every town
  G G7
And  every lock that ain't locked, when  no one's around, I sing …

  C F G7 C
  Trailer for  sale or rent,    rooms to let  fifty cents
  C F G G7
  No phone, no  pool, no pets .. . I ain't got no  cigarettes
  C F
Ah, but …  two hours of  pushin' broom
  G7 C
Buys a  eight-by-twelve  four-bit room
  C7 F G7 C
I'm a .. . man of  means, by no means . … King of the  Road

 

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Adrian June 27, 2012 at 12:51 PM

Hi Jackson!
Great classic song, that I always liked. I think I used to sing it when no was around also. Now, thanks to your great song teaching abilities I am able to play it too, when no is around that is…  not quite over my stage fright yet. ( got a lesson for that one, hahahaha )  Jackson, You may not be King Of The Road but you sure are King of the great guitar lessons.  Thank You my friend.

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Petri April 13, 2013 at 12:53 PM

Cool! You have so good drive going on, that even your stool wants to play percussion. 😉 I like your singing voice. I can't sing. That's why I'm focusing on a guitar playing.

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GORDON C. June 26, 2017 at 2:21 PM

HI JACKSON , HAVEN'T EMAILED YOU FOR A WHILE BUT  I'M GETTING BETTER PLAYING GUITAR EVERYDAY (SINGING- ??) I GUESS I DO SING WHEN NOONE'S AROUND  ! ROGER MILLER WAS GREAT AND NOW MY WIFE EVEN RECOGNIZES THE SONGS I'M PLAYING ! I PLAY A LITTLE EVERY DAY & ALTERNATE BETWEEN THE REVEREND & MY YAMAHA ACCOUSTIC ! YOU ARE A GREAT TEACHER & I HOPE THE BLUE JAYS DO WELL THIS YEAR ! HAVE A GREAT SUMMER ! GORDON

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