Biography:
The Proclaimers are a Scottish band composed of identical twin brothers, Charlie and Craig Reid (born 5 March 1962, in Leith). They are probably best known for the songs "Letter from America", "I'm On My Way" and "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)". The band tours extensively throughout Europe and other continents. They have released eleven studio albums from 1987 until the present, as well as two compilation albums and a DVD.
Craig Reid and Charlie Reid were born in Leith, Scotland in 1962, and grew up in Edinburgh, Cornwall and Auchtermuchty.
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Other songs:
- I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)
- Letter From America
- Sunshine On Leith
- Act Of Remembrance
- Beautiful Truth
- Cap In Hand
- Come On Nature
- Free Market
- I Hate My Love
- I Met You
- Im Gonna Be 500 Miles
- Im On My Way
- In My Home
- In Recognition
- Its Saturday Night
- King Of The Road
- Lady Luck
- Lets Get Married
- Life With You
- Like Comedy
- Make My Heart Fly
- Misty Blue
- My Old Friend The Blues
- Oh Jean
- Over And Done With
- Role Model
- Sean
- Spinning Around In The Air
- Streets Of Edinburgh
- Teardrops
- The Part That Really Matters
- Then I Met You
- Theres A Touch
- Throw The R Away
- What Do You Do
- What Makes You Cry
- When Youre In Love
- Whole Wide World
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Sent to archive by: [email protected] (Ryan Harding)
Originally posted by: [email protected] (Christian Sebeke)
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The Proclaimers' version may use different chords but then you might want to
transpose it for your voice anyway.
Here we go (taken from a greatest hits collection):
KING OF THE ROAD
(Roger Miller)
Bb Eb F Bb
Trailer for sale or rent, rooms to let, fifty cents,
Eb F
No phone, no pool, no pets, I ain't got no cigarettes, ah but
Bb Eb F Bb
Two hours of pushing broom buys an eight by twelve fourbit room,
Eb F Bb
I'm a man of means by no means, King of the Road
Bb Eb F Bb
Third box car midnight train, destination Bangor, Maine,
Eb F Bb
Old worn out suit and shoes, I don't pay no union dues, I smoke
Eb F Bb
Old stogies I have found, short, but not too big around,
Eb F Bb
I'm a man of means by no means, King of the Road
B E
I know every engineer on every train,
F# B
All of the children and all of their names
E
And every handout in every town
F#
And ev'ry lock that ain't locked when
No one's around I sing ...
B E F# B
Trailer for sale or rent, rooms to let, fifty cents,
E F#
No phone, no pool, no pets, I ain't got no cigarettes, ah but
B E F# B
Two hours of pushing broom buys a eight by twelve fourbit room,
E F# B
I'm a man of means by no means, King of the Road
rep. last verse
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##
Sent to archive by: [email protected] (Ryan Harding)
Originally posted by: [email protected] (Christian Sebeke)
----
The Proclaimers' version may use different chords but then you might want to
transpose it for your voice anyway.
Here we go (taken from a greatest hits collection):
KING OF THE ROAD
(Roger Miller)
Bb Eb F Bb
Trailer for sale or rent, rooms to let, fifty cents,
Eb F
No phone, no pool, no pets, I ain't got no cigarettes, ah but
Bb Eb F Bb
Two hours of pushing broom buys an eight by twelve fourbit room,
Eb F Bb
I'm a man of means by no means, King of the Road
Bb Eb F Bb
Third box car midnight train, destination Bangor, Maine,
Eb F Bb
Old worn out suit and shoes, I don't pay no union dues, I smoke
Eb F Bb
Old stogies I have found, short, but not too big around,
Eb F Bb
I'm a man of means by no means, King of the Road
B E
I know every engineer on every train,
F# B
All of the children and all of their names
E
And every handout in every town
F#
And ev'ry lock that ain't locked when
No one's around I sing ...
B E F# B
Trailer for sale or rent, rooms to let, fifty cents,
E F#
No phone, no pool, no pets, I ain't got no cigarettes, ah but
B E F# B
Two hours of pushing broom buys a eight by twelve fourbit room,
E F# B
I'm a man of means by no means, King of the Road
rep. last verse
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