Standard (EADGBE)
Trailers for sale or rent,
rooms to let fifty cents,
No phone, no pool, no pets,
I ain't got no cigarettes,
Ah, but two hours of pushin' broom,
buys a eight by ten four bit room,
I'm a man of means by no means, King of the Road,
Third boxcar midnight train,
destination Bangor Main,
Old worn out suit and shoes,
I don't pay no union dues,
I smoke old stogies I have found,
short but not too big around,
I'm a man of means by no means, King of the Road,
Middle section
I know every engineer on every train,
All of their children and all of their names,
And every handout in every town,
And every lock that ain't locked when no ones around,
I sing, trailers for sale or rent,
rooms to let fifty cents,
No phone, no pool, no pets,
I ain't got no cigarettes,
Ah, but two hours of pushin' broom,
buys a eight by ten four bit room,
I'm a man of means by no means, King of the Road,
I'm a man of means by no means, King of the Road.