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Chord diagram for A
Chord diagram for D
Chord diagram for E
      Standard EADGBE tuning
>>Play with a Capo on 1st fret - ALL CHORDS ARE CAPO RELATIVE<<
Pattern: Root String, Down, Root String, Up, Down, Up

Tabbed by Carl Patchett. contact: razor_672@hotmail.com


Fill:
E|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|--0-----------0--|
E|-----0--2--4-----|


 A            D
Trailers for sale or rent,
 E            A
rooms to let fifty cents,
 A              D
No phone, no pool, no pets,
 E                          ^FILL^
I ain't got no cigarettes,
         A            D
Ah but, two hours of pushin' broom,
         E            A
buys a, eight by ten four bit room,
  A            D                 E           A
I'm a man of means by no means, King of the Road,


  A            D
Third boxcar midnight train,
  E           A
destination Bangor Main,
 A            D
Old worn out suit and shoes,
 E                         ^FILL^
I don't pay no union dues,
          A           D
I smoke, old stogies I have found,
 E                 A
short but not too big around,
 A            D                  E           A
I'm a man of means by no means, King of the Road,


        D                 A
I know every engineer on every train,
 A                         A
All of their children and all of their names,
      D                A
And every handout in every town,
     E                                                ^FILL^
And every lock that ain't locked when no ones around,



-QUIET NOW
          A           D
I sing, trailers for sale or rent,
  E           A
rooms to let fifty cents,
 A            D
No phone, no pool, no pets,
E                           ^FILL^
I ain't got no cigarettes,
         A           D
Ah, but two hours of pushin' broom,
        E             A
 buys a eight by ten four bit room,
 A           D                   E           A
I'm a man of means by no means, King of the Road,
 A           D                   E           A
I'm a man of means by no means, King of the Road.
    

Source: https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/the_proclaimers/king_of_the_road_chords_965631

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