Harmonica intro on F#
F# C#
When mama pushed me thru daddy said my do
B9
Was quite the shock
F# C# Ebmaj+5/C B
Claimed I cried like a dog bayin? at the moon
F# C#
Slung my hips about, learned to twist & shout
B9
Way before I could talk
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And by the time I saw nine I started to croon
C#7/G# G#m7
Then I beat those skins day out day in
C#7 G#m7
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
F#
I?m a knight of the road
G#m7
I?m a bird of passage
B C#74 C#7
Only passing through this land
F#7 D/F E7-5 Ebm7
A boy born with a twinkle in his eye
G#m7 F#/E E/D
And a tote bag in one hand
Bb74 Bb7-5
I ?m a dreamer, a lover, I ain?t no other
Ebm7 A(b9)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#74 C#7/B
song I am the
F#/A# F#4 F#11 Bb/C E/D C#/B
Knight of the road
F#
F# C#
I?m one side king, other side fool
B9
I wear a straw hat for a crown
F# C# Eb7M+5/C B9
The long and lonesome road is home sweet home
F# C#
So I hang my hat, wherever I?m at
B9
A few loyal subjects gather round
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And toss me a coin before it?s time that I roam
C#7/G# G#m7
I love to put on the dog, hog the spot
C#7 G#m7
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
F#
I?m a knight of the road
G#m7
I?m a bird of passage
B C#74 C#7
Only passing through this land
F#7 D/F E7-5 Ebm7
A boy born with a twinkle in his eye
G#m7 F#/E E/D
And a tote bag in one hand
Bb74 Bb7-5
I ?m a dreamer, a lover, I ain?t no other
Ebm7 A(b9)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#74 C#7/B
song
F#/A# F#4 F#11 Bb/C E/D C#/B
F# G#m7 B C#74 C#7/B
F#/A# F#4 F#11 E7 Eb7 D7 Db7
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# Eb7M+5/C B
Along with a few choice pieces of at tire
F# G#m7 F#/A#
At times I take eight by tens from way back when
Baddd9
And throw them into a great big heap
Bb7M5 Ebm7 Ab13 C#7M9 C7M9 Bb7M5 A7-5
I watch them burn while I dance around the fire
C#7/G# G#m7
Cause it?s a joyful thing to beat my wings
C#7 G#m7
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
F#
I?m a knight of the road
G#m7
I?m a bird of passage
B C#74 C#7
Only passing through this land
F#7 D/F E7-5 Ebm7
A boy born with a twinkle in his eye
G#m7 F#/E E/D
And a tote bag in one hand
Bb74 Bb7-5
I ?m a dreamer, a lover, I ain?t no other
Ebm7 A(b9)5 Ab7
Than a Gypsy rollin? along
Bb+5/C B B/C#
Yea I came into this world and
I?ll go out with a
F# G#m7 B C#74 C#7/B
song
F#/A# F#4 F#11 Bb/C E/D C#/B
F# G#m7 B C#74 C#7/B
F#/A# F#4 F#11 E7 Eb7 D7 C#7
F#
I am the knight of the road
I am the knight of the road
Transcription and chart
Peter Kruger
