Knight of the Road

Harmonica intro on F# F# C# When mama pushed me thru daddy said my do Badd9 Was quite the shock F# C# Ebmaj+5BC Claimed I cried like a dog bayin? at the moon F# C# Slung my hips about, learned to twist & shout Badd9 Way before I could talk F# C# Ebmaj7+5/C B And by the time I saw nine I started to croon ch /ch 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 ch /ch 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#7sC#7 Only passing through this land F#7 D/F E7-5 Ebm7 A boy born with a twinkle in his eye ch /ch 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 ch /ch |F# |G#m7 |B |C#7sus4 C#7/B | song I am the ch /ch ch /ch ch /ch |F#/A# |F#sus4 F#11 |Bb/C |E/D C#/B | Knight of the road |F# | | | | F# C# I?m one side king, other side fool Badd9 I wear a straw hat for a crown F# C# EbmajBadd9 The long and lonesome road is home sweet home F# C# So I hang my hat, wherever I?m at Badd9 A few loyal subjects gather round F# C# EbmajCmB/D And toss me a coin before it?s time that I roam ch /ch C#7/G# G#m7 I love to put on the dog, hog the spot C#7 G#m7 Lord gaveth me no shame ch /ch 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#7sC#7 Only passing through this land F#7 D/F E7-5 Ebm7 A boy born with a twinkle in his eye ch /ch 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 ch /ch |F# |G#m7 |B |C#7sus4 C#7/B | song ch /ch ch /ch ch /ch |F#/A# |F#sus4 F#11 |Bb/C |E/D C#/B | ch /ch |F# |G#m7 |B |C#7sus4 C#7/B | ch /ch |F#/A# |F#sus4 F#11 |E7 Eb7 D7 Db7 ch /ch ch /ch |E11 | Db/E |E11 | Db/E | ch /ch |E11 |Db/E |Ell |G/F | ch /ch ch /ch F# C#/F B/D# F#/C# Took my castles in Spain, my fifteen minutes o? fame B I buried it six feet deep ch /ch F# C#/F B/D# Ebmaj7+5/C B Along with a few choice pieces of at tire ch /ch 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 Bb7+5Ebm7 Ab13 C#7+9 C7+9 A7-55 I watch them burn while I dance around the fire ch /ch 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 ch /ch 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#7sC#7 Only passing through this land F#7 D/F E7-5 Ebm7 A boy born with a twinkle in his eye ch /ch 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 B B/C# Yea I came into this world and I?ll go out with a ch /ch |F# |G#m7 |B |C#7sus4 C#7/B | song ch /ch ch /ch ch /ch |F#/A# |F#sus4 F#11 |Bb/C |E/D C#/B | ch /ch |F# |G#m7 |B |C#7sus4 C#7/B | ch /ch |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 Transcription and chart Peter Kruger Casparus60@yahoo.com