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King of the Road by Roger Miller (also Dean Martin) played on chromatic harmonica. I played this song because I heard SINGINGKID singing it and I've found a midi file of it, so I thought I'd give it a go.

King of the Road is a 1965 song written and sung by Roger Miller. It has been covered by other artists, including Dean Martin, Boxcar Willie, Randy Travis, R.E.M. (band) and Rufus Wainwright. Lyrics are as follows:

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 an eight by twelve four-bit room
I'm a man of means by no means
King of the road.

Third boxcar, midnight train
Destination...Bangor, Maine.
Old worn out suit and shoes,
I don't pay no union dues,
I smoke old stoagies I have found
Short, but not too big around
I'm a man of means by no means
King of the road.

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 one's 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 an eight by twelve four-bit room
I'm a man of means by no means
King of the road.

nice version, been trying it

nice version, been trying it out myself, 'tis fairly easy but relaly liking it because it's one of those tunes a harmonica really suits.

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