Tabs

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Tabbed by: Mike Nachaj :: mike@mikemusicbox.com

Song: King of the Road
By:   Dean Martin

[intro:]  |C  |F   |G   |C   |(bass line)
 
[verse: 1]
|C               |F          |
  Trailer for sale__ or rent
|G            |C          |
 Rooms to let fifty cents
|                |F           |
 No phone no pool__ no pets__
|G  {let ring}   |               |
  Ain't got no'o cigarettes, but
|C             |F                   |    
  Two hours of pushing broom, buys a
|G               |C                  |
 Eight by twelve four bit room, I'm a
|C            |F             |
  Man of means__ by no means
|G {let ring}     |C      |
  King of the road___
 
[verse: 2]
|C                 |F            |
  Third boxcar, midnight train__
|G             |C            |
  Destination, Bangor Maine
|C                 |F             |
  Old worn out suit__ and shoes__
|G {let ring}    |                  |  
  I don't pay no union dues, I smoke
|C           |F            |
  Old stogies I have found
|G                 |C                |
  Short but not too big around, I'm a
|C            |F             |
  Man of means__ by no means
|G {let ring}     |C      |
  King of the road___
 
[bridge:]
|C                 |F            |
  Every engineer on every train
|G                            |C                 |
  And all of the children and all of their names
|C                      |F           |
 (and every hand-out in every town)
|G {let ring}                     |                       |
 Every lock that ain't locked when no one's around, I sing
 
[verse: 4]
|C               |F          |
  Trailer for sale__ or rent
|G            |C          |
 Rooms to let fifty cents
|                |F           |
 No phone no pool__ no pets__
|G  {let ring}   |               |
  Ain't got no'o cigarettes, but
|C             |F                   |    
  Two hours of pushing broom, buys a
|G               |C                  |
 Eight by twelve four bit room, I'm a
|C            |F             |
  Man of means__ by no means
|G {let ring}     |       |
  King of the road___
 
[coda:]
|G {let ring}     |       |
  King of the road___
|G {let ring}     |       |C   {bass line}
  King of the road___




chords:

C       032010  or 335553
F       133211
G       320003  or 355433