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To: jamesb@nevada.edu
Subject: KingOfTheRoad.crd
From: frank.palcat@synapse.org (Frank Palcat)
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Date: 	Sat, 9 Jan 1993 00:19:00 -0500
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Reply-To: frank.palcat@synapse.org (Frank Palcat)

From: frank.palcat@synapse.org

Hello James,

Here are the chords/lyrics to King Of The Road.  You may wish to make a
directory named "Roger_Miller" to store it (or alternatively, place it in
the "Various" directory).  Thanks.

Regards,
frank.palcat@synapse.org

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Artist: Roger Miller
Title:  King Of The Road
Year:   1964
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                       KING OF THE ROAD

               Words and Music by Roger Miller

Chords used:

    C   C7  F   G7
e --0---0---1---1---
B --1---1---1---0---
G --0---3---2---0---
D --2---2---3---0---
A --3---3---x---2---
E --x---x---x---3---

| - denotes the start or end of a measure.

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

|C                                |F                          |
1,3.     Trail - er___   for       sale   or    rent,___
2.       Third   box__   car       mid - night  train,__

|G7                               |C                          |
      Rooms___   to   let___       fif - ty    cents.__
      Des   -    ti - na - tion:   Ban - gor,  Maine.__

|C                                |F                          |
          No     phone,__   no     pool,  no    pets;__
          Old    worn___    out    suit   and   shoes;_

|G7                               |G7                         |
      I    ain't    got    no      cig - a - rettes,_  Ah, but
      I    don't    pay    no      un - ion  dues.__   I smoke

|C                                |F                          |
       two    hours_    of         push - ing   broom__ buys a
       old    sto   -   gies       I      have  found,_

|G7                               |C                          |
       eight__    by     twelve    four  bit  room.__   I'm  a
       Short__    but   not  too   big    a - round.__  I'm  a

|C7                               |F                          |
          man             of       means   by    no   means,
          man             of       means   by    no   means,

|G7                               |C                          |
            King___    Of   The    Road.      (see note below)
            King___    Of   The    Road.              I  know


(Continuation of 2nd verse only)
|C                                |F                          |
 ev - er - y  en - gi - neer  on   ev - er - y    train,__

|G7                               |C                          |
 all  of  the   chil - dren  and   all  of  their  names,  and

|C                                |F                          |
 ev - er - y    hand - out   in    ev - er - y    town,__  and

|G7                                |G7                        |
 ev-'ry lock that ain't locked when no one's a-round.  I sing

(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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