The Proclaimers – King Of The Road (Ukulele)

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## Sent to archive by: [email protected] (Ryan Harding) Originally posted by: [email protected] (Christian Sebeke) ---- The Proclaimers' version may use different chords but then you might want to transpose it for your voice anyway. Here we go (taken from a greatest hits collection): (Roger Miller)
Bb            Eb           F              Bb
  Trailer for sale or rent, rooms to let, fifty cents,

               Eb            F
  No phone, no pool, no pets, I ain't got no cigarettes, ah but

Bb             Eb                  F         Bb
  Two hours of pushing broom buys an eight by twelve fourbit room,

               Eb                F            Bb
  I'm a man of means by no means, King of the Road

Bb              Eb             F            Bb
  Third box car midnight train, destination Bangor, Maine,

               Eb             F               Bb
  Old worn out suit and shoes, I don't pay no union dues, I smoke

              Eb           F                   Bb
  Old stogies I have found, short, but not too big around,

               Eb                F            Bb
  I'm a man of means by no means, King of the Road

         B                 E
  I know every engineer on every train,

  F#                      B
  All of the children and all of their names

                       E
  And every handout in every town

      F#
  And ev'ry lock that ain't locked when
No one's around I sing ...
B             E            F#             B
  Trailer for sale or rent, rooms to let, fifty cents,

               E             F#
  No phone, no pool, no pets, I ain't got no cigarettes, ah but

B              E                   F#               B
  Two hours of pushing broom buys a eight by twelve fourbit room,

               E                 F#           B
  I'm a man of means by no means, King of the Road
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