Biography:
Gino Vannelli (born 16 June 1952 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a Canadian singer/songwriter of Italian ancestry.
From a musical family, his father was a big band musician. Gino Vannelli played drums at a young age and after finishing high school studied musical theory at McGill University.
He eventually went to Los Angeles, California where he signed with Herb Alpert's A&M Records, releasing his first album with that record label in 1973. Gino's brother, Joe, served as arranger and keyboardist for most of his recording career.
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- A Song And A Dance
- A Woman Crossed In Love
- Appaloosa
- Black And Blue
- Black Cars
- Brother To Brother
- Canto
- Cherizar
- Come To The Well
- Constantly Constantine
- Crazy Life
- Cry Baby
- Dont Give Up On Me
- Eastwest World
- Evermore
- Evil Eye
- Father And Son
- Feel Like Flying
- Felicia
- Fly Into This Night
- Gypsy Days
- Hollywood Holiday
- Hurts To Be In Love
- I Believe
- I Just Wanna Stop
- If I Should Lose This Love
- Its Over
- Jojo
- Keep On Walking
- Knight Of The Road
- Lady
- Last Dance
- Last Days Of Summer
- Living Inside Myself
- Love And Emotion
- Love Is A Night
- Love Me Now
- Mardi Gras
- Moon Over Madness
- Night Drive
- Nightwalker
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- Other Man
- Parole Per Mio Padre
- People I Belong To
- Persona Non Grata
- Put The Weight On My Shoulders
- River Must Flow
- Sally She Says The Sweetest Things
- Shame
- Slow Love
- Storm At Sunup
- Summers Of My Life
- Sunset On La
- The Jokers Wild
- The Last Dance
- The Surest Things Can Change
- The Wheels Of Life
- Theres No Time
- This Day On
- Total Stranger
- Ugly Man
- Unbearably Blue
- Valleys Of Valhalla
- Venus Envy
- Walter Whitman Where Are You
- Where Am I Going
- Wild Horses
- Words Can Kill
- You Owe It To Yourself
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Knight Of The Road
transcription and chart
Peter Kruger
[email protected]
Harmonica intro on F#
Verse#1
F# C#
When mama pushed me thru daddy said my do
Badd9
Was quite the shock
F# C# Cm(maj9) B
Claimed I cried like a dog bayin’ at the moon
Verse#2
F# C#
Slung my hips about, learned to twist & shout
Badd9
Way before I could talk
F# C# Cm(add9) B
And by the time I saw nine I started to croon
pre chorus
C#7/G# G#m7
Then I beat those skins day out day in
C#7 Badd9
I broke my poor mama’s head
C#7/G# G#m7
Could’ve fared better in school but I was cool
B/C#
So I joined a band instead
Chorus
F#
I’m a knight of the road
G#m7
I’m a bird of passage
B C#7sus4 C#7
Only passing through this land
F#7 D/F E-5 Ebm7
A boy born with a twinkle in his eye
G#m7 F#/E E/D
And a tote bag in one hand
Bb7sus4 Bb7-5
I ‘m a dreamer, a lover, I ain’t no other
Ebm7 A9-5 Ab7
Than a Gypsy rollin’ along
B B/C#
Yea I came into this world
And I’ll go out with a
|F# |G#m7 |B |C#7sus4 C#7/B |
song I am the
|F#/A# |B/D# F#11 |Bb/C |E/D C#/B |
Knight of the road
|F# | | | |
Verse#3
F# C#
I’m one side king, other side fool
Badd9
I wear a straw hat for a crown
F# C# Cm(maj9) Badd9
The long and lonesome road is home sweet home
Verse#4
F# C#
So I hang my hat, wherever I’m at
Badd9
A few loyal subjects gather round
F# C# Cm(maj9) Cm9 B
And toss me a coin before it’s time that I roam
pre-chorus
C#7/G# G#m7
I love to put on the dog, hog the spot
C#7 Badd9
Lord gaveth me no shame
C#7/G# G#m7
So if you don’t much care for my general flair
B/C#
Ain’t none but heaven to blame
Chorus
F#
I’m a knight of the road
G#m7
I’m a bird of passage
B C#7sus4 C#7
Only passing through this land
F#7 D/F E-5 Ebm7
A boy born with a twinkle in his eye
G#m7 F#/E E/D
And a tote bag in one hand
Bb7sus4 Bb7-5
I ‘m a dreamer, a lover, I ain’t no other
Ebm7 A9-5 Ab7
Than a Gypsy rollin’ along
B B/C#
Yea I came into this world
I’ll go out with a
|F# |G#m7 |B |C#7sus4 C#7/B |
song
|F#/A# |B/D# F#11 |Bb/C |E/D C#/B |
|F# |G#m7 |B |C#7sus4 C#7/B |
|F#/A# |B/D# F#11 |E7 Eb7 D7 Db7
Bridge
|E11 | Db/E |E11 |Db/E |
|E11 |Db/E |Ell |G/F |
F# C#/F B/D# F#/C#
Took my castles in Spain, my fifteen minutes o’ fame
B
I buried it six feet deep
F# C#/F B/D# Ebmaj7+5/C B
Along with a few choice pieces of at tire
F# G#m7 F#/A# F#add9
At times I take eight by tens from way back when
Badd9
nd throw them into a great big heap
Bb7+5 Ebm7 Ab13 C#7+9 C7+9 Bb7+5 A7-5
I watch them burn while I dance around the fire
pre-chorus
C#7/G# G#m7
Cause it’s a joyful thing to beat my wings
C#7 Badd9
And let the caged up bird go free
C#7/G# G#m7
Before I turn to dust to put my trust
B/C#
In something bigger than me
Chorus
F#
I’m a knight of the road
G#m7
I’m a bird of passage
B C#7sus4 C#7
Only passing through this land
F#7 D/F E-5 Ebm7
A boy born with a twinkle in his eye
G#m7 F#/E E/D
And a tote bag in one hand
Bb7sus4 Bb7-5
I ‘m a dreamer, a lover, I ain’t no other
Ebm7 A9-5 Ab7
Than a Gypsy rollin’ along
Bb+5/C Badd9 B/C#
Yea I came into this world and
I’ll go out with a
|F# |G#m7 |B |C#7sus4 C#7/B |
song
|F#/A# |B/D# F#11 |Bb/C |E/D C#/B |
|F# |G#m7 |B |C#7sus4 C#7/B |
|F#/A# |F#sus4 F#11 |E7 Eb7 D7 C#7
F#
I am the knight of the road
I am the knight of the road
( I do not and will never use the terms 'outro', 'chord changes' or 'my bad'
[email protected]
transcription and chart
Peter Kruger
[email protected]
Harmonica intro on F#
Verse#1
F# C#
When mama pushed me thru daddy said my do
Badd9
Was quite the shock
F# C# Cm(maj9) B
Claimed I cried like a dog bayin’ at the moon
Verse#2
F# C#
Slung my hips about, learned to twist & shout
Badd9
Way before I could talk
F# C# Cm(add9) B
And by the time I saw nine I started to croon
pre chorus
C#7/G# G#m7
Then I beat those skins day out day in
C#7 Badd9
I broke my poor mama’s head
C#7/G# G#m7
Could’ve fared better in school but I was cool
B/C#
So I joined a band instead
Chorus
F#
I’m a knight of the road
G#m7
I’m a bird of passage
B C#7sus4 C#7
Only passing through this land
F#7 D/F E-5 Ebm7
A boy born with a twinkle in his eye
G#m7 F#/E E/D
And a tote bag in one hand
Bb7sus4 Bb7-5
I ‘m a dreamer, a lover, I ain’t no other
Ebm7 A9-5 Ab7
Than a Gypsy rollin’ along
B B/C#
Yea I came into this world
And I’ll go out with a
|F# |G#m7 |B |C#7sus4 C#7/B |
song I am the
|F#/A# |B/D# F#11 |Bb/C |E/D C#/B |
Knight of the road
|F# | | | |
Verse#3
F# C#
I’m one side king, other side fool
Badd9
I wear a straw hat for a crown
F# C# Cm(maj9) Badd9
The long and lonesome road is home sweet home
Verse#4
F# C#
So I hang my hat, wherever I’m at
Badd9
A few loyal subjects gather round
F# C# Cm(maj9) Cm9 B
And toss me a coin before it’s time that I roam
pre-chorus
C#7/G# G#m7
I love to put on the dog, hog the spot
C#7 Badd9
Lord gaveth me no shame
C#7/G# G#m7
So if you don’t much care for my general flair
B/C#
Ain’t none but heaven to blame
Chorus
F#
I’m a knight of the road
G#m7
I’m a bird of passage
B C#7sus4 C#7
Only passing through this land
F#7 D/F E-5 Ebm7
A boy born with a twinkle in his eye
G#m7 F#/E E/D
And a tote bag in one hand
Bb7sus4 Bb7-5
I ‘m a dreamer, a lover, I ain’t no other
Ebm7 A9-5 Ab7
Than a Gypsy rollin’ along
B B/C#
Yea I came into this world
I’ll go out with a
|F# |G#m7 |B |C#7sus4 C#7/B |
song
|F#/A# |B/D# F#11 |Bb/C |E/D C#/B |
|F# |G#m7 |B |C#7sus4 C#7/B |
|F#/A# |B/D# F#11 |E7 Eb7 D7 Db7
Bridge
|E11 | Db/E |E11 |Db/E |
|E11 |Db/E |Ell |G/F |
F# C#/F B/D# F#/C#
Took my castles in Spain, my fifteen minutes o’ fame
B
I buried it six feet deep
F# C#/F B/D# Ebmaj7+5/C B
Along with a few choice pieces of at tire
F# G#m7 F#/A# F#add9
At times I take eight by tens from way back when
Badd9
nd throw them into a great big heap
Bb7+5 Ebm7 Ab13 C#7+9 C7+9 Bb7+5 A7-5
I watch them burn while I dance around the fire
pre-chorus
C#7/G# G#m7
Cause it’s a joyful thing to beat my wings
C#7 Badd9
And let the caged up bird go free
C#7/G# G#m7
Before I turn to dust to put my trust
B/C#
In something bigger than me
Chorus
F#
I’m a knight of the road
G#m7
I’m a bird of passage
B C#7sus4 C#7
Only passing through this land
F#7 D/F E-5 Ebm7
A boy born with a twinkle in his eye
G#m7 F#/E E/D
And a tote bag in one hand
Bb7sus4 Bb7-5
I ‘m a dreamer, a lover, I ain’t no other
Ebm7 A9-5 Ab7
Than a Gypsy rollin’ along
Bb+5/C Badd9 B/C#
Yea I came into this world and
I’ll go out with a
|F# |G#m7 |B |C#7sus4 C#7/B |
song
|F#/A# |B/D# F#11 |Bb/C |E/D C#/B |
|F# |G#m7 |B |C#7sus4 C#7/B |
|F#/A# |F#sus4 F#11 |E7 Eb7 D7 C#7
F#
I am the knight of the road
I am the knight of the road
( I do not and will never use the terms 'outro', 'chord changes' or 'my bad'
[email protected]
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