Roger Miller – King of the Road
Learn how to play Roger Miller – King of the Road note-for-note on guitar.
Difficulty level: Easy (main song). Intermediate (intro and outro bass runs)
Barre chords: No
Thumb over chords: No
Playing Style: Strummed plus individual picked notes.
Tuning: Standard
This lesson teaches an arrangement of the song for the solo singer-guitarist. It covers the simple strummed part of the main song, but also arranges and teaches the walking bass part for acoustic guitar.
The complete file contains a lesson video, a performance play thru video, full tabs, chords and lyrics. You’ll receive a link to download the lesson which will download as a zip file of 203 Mb containing all the lesson content.
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You’ll receive at least two videos per song, one lesson and one performance-standard play-through. You’ll receive the chords/lyrics and guitar tabs as PDF files.
The videos are mp4 format and should play on PC’s, Macs and most mobile devices.
They will download as Zip files. If you don’t have a Zip program on your PC you’ll need to install one to open the file. I use Zipeg which you can get free, here.
If you want to download to an iPad or iPhone you’ll need an app to do so, please read here to know more about it.
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Jerry says
Hi Erwin. Yes, you will be able to play it without a capo all the way through, including the bass parts at the beginning and end.
Erwin Baumer says
Hello Jerry,
I wonder, if I can play this song “king of the road” without a capo all the song through.
In this case, can I use the same bass line in the intro and at the ending ?
I must only adapt the voice lower a half, in the middle of the song (when you change the capo) one note lower?
Is that correct ? Sorry, I am an absolute beginner.
Thank you for your answer and best regards
Erwin