Chord/Tab song: Knight of the Road

Harmonica intro on F#

When mama [F#]pushed me thru [C#]daddy said my do

Was [Badd9]quite the shock

Claimed [F#]I cried like a [C#]dog bayin? [Ebmaj+5/C]at the [B]moon

Slung my [F#]hips about, learned to [C#]twist & shout

Way be[Badd9]fore I could talk

And by the [F#]time I saw [C#]nine I [Ebmaj7+5/C]started to [B]croon

[ch]C#7/G#[/ch] G#m7
Then I beat those skins day out day in

I [C#7]broke my poor mama?s[G#m7] head

[ch]C#7/G#[/ch] G#m7
Could?ve fared better in school but I was cool

So I [B/C#]joined a band instead

I?m a [F#]knight of the road

I?m a [G#m7]bird of passage

Only [B]passing through this [C#7sus4]land[C#7]

A [F#7]boy born [D/F]with a [E7-5]twinkle in his [Ebm7]eye

G#m7 [ch]F#/E[/ch] E/D
And a tote bag in one hand

I ?m a [Bb7sus4]dreamer, a lover, I [Bb7-5]ain?t no other

Than a [Ebm7]Gypsy [A9-5]rollin? al[Ab7]ong

Yea I [B]came into this world[B/C#]


And I?ll go out with a

|F# |G#m7 |B |C#7sus4 [ch]C#7/B[/ch] |
song I am the

|[ch]F#/A#[/ch] |F#sus4 F#11 |[ch]Bb/C[/ch] |E/D [ch]C#/B[/ch] |
Knight of the road

|F# | | | |

[F#]I?m one side king, [C#]other side fool

I wear a [Badd9]straw hat for a crown

The [F#]long and lonesome [C#]road is [Ebmaj7+5/C]home [Badd9]sweet home

So I [F#]hang my hat, wherever [C#]I?m at

A few loyal [Badd9]subjects gather round

And toss me a [F#]coin before it?s [C#]time [Ebmaj7+5/D]that [Cm9]I [B]roam

[ch]C#7/G#[/ch] G#m7
I love to put on the dog, hog the spot

Lord [C#7]gaveth me no [G#m7]shame

[ch]C#7/G#[/ch] G#m7
So if you don?t much care for my general flair

Ain?t [B/C#]none but heaven to blame

I?m a [F#]knight of the road

I?m a [G#m7]bird of passage

Only [B]passing through this [C#7sus4]land[C#7]

A [F#7]boy born [D/F]with a [E7-5]twinkle in his [Ebm7]eye

G#m7 [ch]F#/E[/ch] E/D
And a tote bag in one hand

I ?m a [Bb7sus4]dreamer, a lover, I [Bb7-5]ain?t no other

Than a [Ebm7]Gypsy [A9-5]rollin? al[Ab7]ong

Yea I [B]came into this world [B/C#]

I?ll go out with a

|F# |G#m7 |B |C#7sus4 [ch]C#7/B[/ch] |
song

|[ch]F#/A#[/ch] |F#sus4 F#11 |[ch]Bb/C[/ch] |E/D [ch]C#/B[/ch] |

|F# |G#m7 |B |C#7sus4 [ch]C#7/B[/ch] |


|[ch]F#/A#[/ch] |F#sus4 F#11 |E7 Eb7 D7 Db7

|E11 | [ch]Db/E[/ch] |E11 | [ch]Db/E[/ch] |

|E11 |[ch]Db/E[/ch] |Ell |G/F |

F# [ch]C#/F[/ch] B/D# [ch]F#/C#[/ch]
Took my castles in Spain, my fifteen minutes o? fame

I [B]buried it six feet deep

F# [ch]C#/F[/ch] B/D# Ebmaj7+5/C B
Along with a few choice pieces of at tire

F# G#m7 [ch]F#/A#[/ch]
At times I take eight by tens from way back when

And [Baddd9]throw them into a great big heap

I watch them [Bb7+5]burn [Ebm7] while I [Ab13]dance [C#7+9]around the [C7+9]fire [Bb7+5][A7-5]

[ch]C#7/G#[/ch] G#m7
Cause it?s a joyful thing to beat my wings

And [C#7]let the caged up bird go [G#m7]free

[ch]C#7/G#[/ch] G#m7
Before I turn to dust to put my trust

In [B/C#]something bigger than me

I?m a [F#]knight of the road

I?m a [G#m7]bird of passage

Only [B]passing through this [C#7sus4]land[C#7]

A [F#7]boy born [D/F]with a [E7-5]twinkle in his [Ebm7]eye

G#m7 [ch]F#/E[/ch] E/D
And a tote bag in one hand

I ?m a [Bb7sus4]dreamer, a lover, I [Bb7-5]ain?t no other

Than a [Ebm7]Gypsy [A9-5]rollin? al[Ab7]ong

[Bb+5/C] Yea I [B]came into this world and[B/C#]

I?ll go out with a

|F# |G#m7 |B |C#7sus4 [ch]C#7/B[/ch] |
song

|[ch]F#/A#[/ch] |F#sus4 F#11 |[ch]Bb/C[/ch] |E/D [ch]C#/B[/ch] |

|F# |G#m7 |B |C#7sus4 [ch]C#7/B[/ch] |


|[ch]F#/A#[/ch] |F#sus4 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
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