| E | A | B | E | | Trailer for | sale or rent, | rooms to let, | fifty cents, |
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| A | B | B7 | No phone, no | pool, no pets, | I ain’t got no | cigarettes, ah but |
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| E | A | B | E | | Two hours of | pushing broom buys a | eight by twelve | fourbit room, |
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| A | B | E | I’m a man of | means by no means, | King of the | Road |
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| E | A | B | E | | Third box car | midnight train, | destination | Bangor, Maine, |
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| A | B | B7 | Old worn out | suit and shoes, | I don’t pay no | union dues, I smoke |
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| E | A | B | E | | Old stogies | I have found, | short, but not too | big around, |
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| A | B | E | I’m a man of | means by no means, | King of the | Road |
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| | B | E | A | | | I know | every engineer on | every train, |
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| | B7 | E | | | All of the children and | all of their names |
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| | A | | And every handout in | every town |
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| | B | | And | ev’ry lock that ain’t locked when |
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| | B7 | | No one’s around I | sing... |
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| E | A | B | E | | Trailer for | sale or rent, | rooms to let, | fifty cents, |
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| A | B | B7 | No phone, no | pool, no pets, | I ain’t got no | cigarettes, ah but |
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| E | A | B | E | | Two hours of | pushing broom buys a | eight by twelve | fourbit room, |
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| A | B | E | I’m a man of | means by no means, | King of the | Road |
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