Chorus: 
A            D             E            A 
Trailers for sale or rent, rooms to let 50 cents. 
            D             E 
No phone no pool no pets, I ain't got no ciggaretes. 
A            D                    E               A 
Two hours of pushin broom, buys a eight by twelve forbit room. 
             D                  E (One Strum) 
I'm a man of means by no means, King of the Road. 
 
A             D               E           A 
Third Box car midnight train, destination Bangor Maine. 
             D               E 
Old worn out suit and shoes, I don't pay no union dues. 
        A            D             E                A 
I smoke old stogey's I have found, short but not to big around. 
              D                  E (One Strum) 
I'm a mans of means by no means, King of the Road. 
 
Key Change To Bb 
 
       Bb              Eb         
I know every engine on every train, 
F                       Bb 
All of the children and all of there names. 
                     Eb 
And every handout in every town, 
    F 
And every lock that ain't locked when no ones around. 
 
 
Bb           Eb            F            Bb 
Trailers for sale or rent, rooms to let 50 cents. 
            Eb            F 
No phone no pool no pets, I ain't got no ciggaretes. 
Bb           Eb                   F               Bb 
Two hours of pushin broom, buys a eight by twelve forbit room. 
             Eb                F F (No Chords) 
I'm a man of means by no means,   King of the Road. 
 
 F F (No Chords) 
    King of the Road. 
 
 F F (No Chords) 
    King of the Road.