Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner chords by Warren Zevon
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Verse 1
(B minor) (D major) (G major) (D major)
(E minor) (D major) (C sharp minor) (B minor) (A major) (B minor)
Roland was a war (D major) rior
From the Land of the Midnight Sun (G major)
With a Thompson Gun for hire (D major)
Fighting to be done (A major)
The (B minor) deal was made (A major) in (D major) Denmark
On a dark and stormy day (G major)
So he set out for Biafra (D major)
To (A major) join the bloody fray (B minor)
Verse 2
Through (B minor) '66 (A major) and (D major) 7
They fought the Congo (G major) War
With their fingers on their triggers (D major)
Knee-deep in gore (A major)
The (B minor) days and nights (A major) they (D major) battled
The Bantu to their Knees (G major)
They killed to earn their living (D major)
And to (A major) help out the Congolese (B minor) (D major)
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Chorus 1
(G major) Roland the (D major) Thompson Gunner (E minor) (B minor)
(G major) Roland the (D major) Thompson Gunner (E minor) (B minor)
Verse 3
His (B minor) comrades fought beside (D major) him
Van Owen and the rest (G major)
But of all the Thompson Gun (D major) ners
Roland was the best (A major)
So the (B minor) CIA (A major) deci (D major) ded
They wanted Roland (G major) dead
That son-of-a-bitch Van O (D major) wen
(A major) Blew off Roland's (B minor) Head
Chorus 2
(D major) Roland the (A major) Thompson Gunner (G major)
(D major) Norway's bravest (A major) son
Bridge 1
They can (B minor) still (A major) see his (D major) headless (A major) body
(G major) Stalking through the night (B minor)
(A major) In the (D major) muzzle flash
of (A major) Roland's Thompson (B minor) Gun
In the (D major) muzzle flash
of (A major) Roland's Thompson (G major) Gun (A major) (B minor)
Verse 4
(B minor) Roland searched the con (D major) tinent
For the man who'd done him in (G major)
He found him in Mom (D major) bassa
In a bar room drinkin' Gin (A major)
(B minor) Roland aimed (A major) his (D major) Thompson Gun
He didn't say a word (G major)
But he blew Van Owen's bo (D major) dy
From (A major) there to Johanasburg (B minor) (D major)
Chorus 3
(G major) Roland the Headless
(D major) Thompson Gunner (E minor) (B minor)
(G major) Roland the Headless
(D major) Thompson Gunner (E minor) (B minor)
(G major) Roland the Headless
(D major) Thompson Gunner
(E minor) Talkin about (B minor) the man
(G major) Roland the Headless
(D major) Thompson Gunner (E minor) (B minor)
Verse 5
The e (B minor) ternal Thomp (A major) son (D major) Gunner
Still wanderin through the night (G major)
Now it's ten years later (D major)
But he still keeps up the fight (A major)
In (B minor) Ireland, (A major) In (D major) Lebanon
In Palastine and (G major) Berkley
Patty Hurst
Heard the burst
Of Roland's Thompson (A major) Gun
And (B minor) bought it
Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner
Warren Zevon
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