King of the Road - Roger Miller - Easy Songs

Re: King of the Road - Roger Miller

Anonymous — Sat, 24 Apr 2004 06:29:09 +0000

speaking of roger miller, "can't roller skate in a buffalo herd" is just G and D for the verses and C and G for the "chorus"

Re: King of the Road - Roger Miller

TwistedFingers — Thu, 15 Apr 2004 02:43:31 +0000

Hey, johnyt. Thanks, that will work fine. CHeck your e-mail. :D

Re: King of the Road - Roger Miller

jonnyt — Thu, 15 Apr 2004 02:39:26 +0000

No I really don't have a strumming pattern for it. It's somewhat an abbreviated strum at times.

I always think in my head that I want that "old soft shoe" sound and feel and it comes out pretty good... hope that helps.

If you want I could e-mail you an MP3 sound file.

jroth@ucbbank.com

Re: King of the Road - Roger Miller

TwistedFingers — Thu, 15 Apr 2004 00:50:15 +0000

HEH! I ran several needles through this 45 when I was a kid. Â Do you have a particular strumming pattern for it Johnny? I'm guessing it's 4/4 time. I haven't heard it in years but I know it by heart. Â ;D

Hey Wes, just remember .....

You can't rollerskate in a buffalo herd.
You can't rollerskate in a buffalo herd.......:D

Re: King of the Road - Roger Miller

jonnyt — Wed, 14 Apr 2004 22:42:11 +0000

Not too much classical really. I have a twin brother and two sisters that are 8 and 10 years older, so I mainly grew up listening to CCR, Bread, Grass Roots, the Monkees, Three Dog Night, Grand Funk, you know, late 60's - 70's pop-rock. I had to find the harder sounding stuff on my own.

Re: King of the Road - Roger Miller

Wes Inman — Tue, 13 Apr 2004 22:36:16 +0000

You had to listen to classical? Now, that's bad (just kidding). My Dad is in his late 70's now, but up until about 10 years ago he used to go up to the Grand Ole Opry every year. He lived in Nashville as a young man. He was always a little disapointed that my younger brother and I preferred Rock.

Now that I'm older, I appreciate Country Music much more. Those cats can play!

Re: King of the Road - Roger Miller

jonnyt — Tue, 13 Apr 2004 21:56:07 +0000

Sorry Wes - my mother had this as a 45, probably the only country music she had, and I sure liked it better the the classical stuff.

Re: King of the Road - Roger Miller

Wes Inman — Fri, 09 Apr 2004 21:32:24 +0000

Great song jonnyt

This one really brings back some memories of both a very good and bad time for my family when I was young.
My Dad was all country, that's all I ever heard.

Dang me, Dang me, they oughta take a rope and hang me,
Hang me from the highest tree............

King of the Road - Roger Miller

jonnyt — Wed, 07 Apr 2004 02:56:28 +0000

KING OF THE ROAD â€“ Roger Miller (1964)
(CAPO FIRST FRET â€“ KEY OF Bb)

INTRO: SNAP FINGERS (can play first line of verse or do 4 note bass line run, but the original bass line intro cannot be done on a regular guitar and sound good)

BASS LINE RUN: (in-between verse 1 & 2, can also use as intro)

E D C# B A chord leads into Verse 2
1/E |---------------|
2/B |-------------2-|
3/G |-------------2-|
4/D |-------------2-|
5/A |-2--0--------0-|
6/E |-------4--2----|

VERSE 1: (* = single strum)

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 twelve four-bit room.
I'm a, man of means by no means, King of the Road___. (bass line run)

VERSE 2: (* = single strum)

Third boxcar midnight train, destination Bangor, Maine.
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___.

( * > SLIDE CAPO TO 2ND FRET - tune steps up a half a step < * )

VERSE 3: (* = single strum)

I know every engineer on every train, all their children, all of their names, and every handout in every town, and every lock that ain't
locked when no one's around. I sing...

REPEAT VERSE ONE TWICE

MY OWN OUTTRO:

I'm a, man of means by no means, King of the Road___.
King of the Road (LET RING AND SNAP FINGERS TO FADE)