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King Of The Road

by Roger Miller · posted by chibluesteve

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How to read this tab — notation key
+
Blow note
−
Draw note
b or '
Half-step bend
bb or ''
Two half-step bend
bbb or '''
Three half-step bend
(###)
Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *
Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab
  4  3    2   -1  2   -2
Trailers for sale or rent
 -4   3  -3 3  1 1    1
Rooms to let- fifty cents.
4    3    2   -1   2   -2
No phone, no pool, no pets
3   3   -4  4   -5  4 -4   3   -3
I ain't got no cigarettes, Ah, but
 4    3   2  -1  2     -2    -2  -1
Two hours of pushin' broom, Buys an
 -4   3   -3 3   -1  -1   -1
Eight by twelve four-bit room
 2  3  6  -5  4    4  4   -3 
I'm a man of means by no means
 -5  4  -4   4
King of the road.

  4    3  2    -1  2    -2
Third boxcar, midnight train
-4  3 -3 3   1  1     1
Destination Bangor, Maine.
 4   3    2    -1     2   -2
Old worn out clothes and shoes,
3   3   -4  4  -5  4  -4   3   -3
I don't pay no union dues, I smoke
 4    3  2 -1  2    -2 
old stogies I have found
 -4     3  -3   3  -1  -1 -1
Short, but not too big around
 2  3  6  -5  4    4  4   -3 
I'm a man of means by no means
 -5  4  -4   4
King of the road.

4  4   4 4 4  4  4  4 -4 -3 4 -3  -2
I know every engineer on every-- train
-4  -4 -4   -3   3
All of the children, 
 3  -3  4    -3    3
and all of their names
 3  7 7 6  -5  4  -3 4 -3 4  -4 
And every handout in every- town
-3  3  3   3    3    -4     -4
And ev'ry lock that ain't locked
 -4  -5  -5   -5  6
When no one's around.

6  -5
I sing,
  4  3    2   -1  2   -2
Trailers for sale or rent
 -4   3  -3 3  1 1    1
Rooms to let- fifty cents.
4    3    2   -1   2   -2
No phone, no pool, no pets
3   3   -4  4   -5  4 -4   3   -3
I ain't got no cigarettes, Ah, but
 4    3   2  -1  2     -2    -2  -1
Two hours of pushin' broom, Buys an
 -4   3   -3 3   -1  -1   -1
Eight by twelve four-bit room
 2  3  6  -5  4    4  4   -3 
I'm a man of means by no means
 -5  4  -4   4
King of the road.
Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound

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