Knight Of The Road

Harmonica intro on F#

F# (244322@1)           C# (x43121@1)      
When mama pushed me thru daddy said my do

Badd9
Was quite the shock

F# (244322@1)           C# (x43121@1)       Ebmaj+5/C  BClaimed (x2444x@1)I cried like a dog bayin' at the     moon

F# (244322@1)                   C#Slung (x43121@1)my hips about, learned to twist & shout

Badd9
Way before I could talk

F# (244322@1)       C# (x43121@1)   Ebmaj7+5/C  BAnd (x2444x@1)by the time I saw nine I started to  croon

C#7/G#               G#m7Then (131141@4)I beat those skins day out day in

C#7 (x4342x@1)               G#m7I (131141@4)broke my poor mama's head

C#7/G#               G#m7Could've (131141@4)fared better in school but I was cool

B/C# (x4444x@1)           
So I joined a band instead

F#I'm (244322@1)a knight of the road

G#m7
I'm a bird of passage

B (x2444x@1)                  C#7sus4 (x4442x@1)C#7Only (x4342x@1)passing through this land

F#7 (242352@1)    D/F (100232@1)  E7-5           Ebm7A (x3131x@4)boy born with a twinkle in his eye

G#m7 (131141@4)          F#/E    E/DAnd (020100@1)a tote bag in one hand

Bb7sus4 (x13141@1)           Bb7-5
I 'm a dreamer, a lover, I ain't no other

Ebm7 (x3131x@4)A9-5      Ab7Than (xx1112@1)a Gypsy rollin' along

B (x2444x@1)                    B/C#Yea (x4444x@1)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#        |F#sus4  F#11 (2x2100@1)|Bb/C       |E/D    C#/B           |
 Knight of the road

|F#             |              |           |                 |

F# (244322@1)               C#I'm (x43121@1)one side king, other side fool

Badd9
I wear a straw hat for a crown

F# (244322@1)              C# (x43121@1)    Ebmaj7+5/C Badd9The (135211@7)long and lonesome road is home       sweet home

F# (244322@1)                  C#So (x43121@1)I hang my hat, wherever I'm at

Badd9
A few loyal subjects gather round

F# (244322@1)             C# (x43121@1) Ebmaj7+5/D  Cm9 (x3133x@1)name="chord_x2444x@1">B
And toss me a coin before it's time that        I   roam

C#7/G#           G#m7I (131141@4)love to put on the dog, hog the spot

C#7 (x4342x@1)        G#m7Lord (131141@4)gaveth me no shame

C#7/G#                 G#m7So (131141@4)if you don't much care for my general flair

B/C#
Ain't none but heaven to blame

F#I'm (244322@1)a knight of the road

G#m7
I'm a bird of passage

B (x2444x@1)                  C#7sus4 (x4442x@1)C#7Only (x4342x@1)passing through this land

F#7 (242352@1)    D/F (100232@1)  E7-5           Ebm7A (x3131x@4)boy born with a twinkle in his eye

G#m7 (131141@4)          F#/E    E/DAnd (020100@1)a tote bag in one hand

Bb7sus4 (x13141@1)           Bb7-5
I 'm a dreamer, a lover, I ain't no other

Ebm7 (x3131x@4)A9-5      Ab7Than (xx1112@1)a Gypsy rollin' along

B (x2444x@1)                       B/C#Yea (x4444x@1)I came into this world

I'll go out with a

|F#           |G#m7          |B          |C#7sus4    C#7/B      |
 song

|F#/A#        |F#sus4  F#11 (2x2100@1)|Bb/C       |E/D    C#/B           |

|F#           |G#m7          |B          |C#7sus4    C#7/B      |



|F#/A#        |F#sus4  F#11  |E7 Eb7 D7 Db7

|E11           |         Db/E  |E11           |      Db/E       |

|E11           |Db/E           |Ell           |G/F              |

F# (244322@1)       C#/F      B/D# (x2544x@1)             F#/C#
Took my castles in Spain, my fifteen minutes o' fame

BI (x2444x@1)buried it six feet deep

F# (244322@1)C#/F       B/D# (x2544x@1)         Ebmaj7+5/C    BAlong (x2444x@1)with a few choice pieces   of      at tire

F# (244322@1)          G#m7 (131141@4)    F#/A#    
At times I take eight by tens from way back when

Baddd9
And throw them into a great big heap

Bb7+5  Ebm7 (x3131x@4)      Ab13 (4x4311@1)   C#7+9      C7+9 (x3234x@1) Bb7+5   A7-5
I watch them burn       while I dance    around the fire

C#7/G#          G#m7Cause (131141@4)it's a joyful thing to beat my wings

C#7 (x4342x@1)                    G#m7And (131141@4)let the caged up bird go free

C#7/G#          G#m7Before (131141@4)I turn to dust to put my trust

B/C#
In something bigger than me

F#I'm (244322@1)a knight of the road

G#m7
I'm a bird of passage

B (x2444x@1)                  C#7sus4 (x4442x@1)C#7Only (x4342x@1)passing through this land

F#7 (242352@1)    D/F (100232@1)  E7-5           Ebm7A (x3131x@4)boy born with a twinkle in his eye

G#m7 (131141@4)          F#/E    E/DAnd (020100@1)a tote bag in one hand

Bb7sus4 (x13141@1)           Bb7-5
I 'm a dreamer, a lover, I ain't no other

Ebm7 (x3131x@4)A9-5      Ab7Than (xx1112@1)a Gypsy rollin' along

Bb+5/C       B (x2444x@1)                           B/C# (x4444x@1)      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#        |F#sus4  F#11 (2x2100@1)|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 (244322@1)am the knight of the road

I am the knight of the road

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Peter Kruger
Casparus60@yahoo.com