Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner
Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner

Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner easy guitar chords by Warren Zevon

1978•Rock
Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 2

Capo

Transpose

0

Capo

  • Am

  • C

  • F

  • Dm

  • Bm

    2

  • G

  • Am

  • C

  • F

  • Dm

  • Bm

    2

  • G

    • Verse 1


    Roland 
    was 
    a 
    war
    rior 

    From 
    the 
    Land 
    of 
    the 
    Midnight 
    Sun 

    With 
    a 
    Thompson 
    Gun 
    for 
    hire 

    Fighting 
    to 
    be 
    done 

    The 
    deal 
    was 
    made 
    in 
    Denmark 

    On 
    a 
    dark 
    and 
    stormy 
    day 

    So 
    he 
    set 
    out 
    for 
    Biafra 

    To 
    join 
    the 
    bloody 
    fray 

    Verse 2
    Through 
    '66 
    and 
    7 

    They 
    fought 
    the 
    Congo 
    War 

    With 
    their 
    fingers 
    on 
    their 
    triggers 

    Knee-deep 
    in 
    gore 

    The 
    days 
    and 
    nights 
    they 
    battled 

    The 
    Bantu 
    to 
    their 
    Knees 

    They 
    killed 
    to 
    earn 
    their 
    living 

    And 
    to 
    help 
    out 
    the 
    Congolese 

    Chorus 1
    Roland 
    the 
    Thompson 
    Gunner 

    Roland 
    the 
    Thompson 
    Gunner 

    Verse 3
    His 
    comrades 
    fought 
    beside 
    him 

    Van 
    Owen 
    and 
    the 
    rest 

    But 
    of 
    all 
    the 
    Thompson 
    Gun
    ners 

    Roland 
    was 
    the 
    best 

    So 
    the 
    CIA 
    deci
    ded 

    They 
    wanted 
    Roland 
    dead 

    That 
    son-of-a-bitch 
    Van 
    O
    wen 

    Blew 
    off 
    Roland's 
    Head 

    Chorus 2
    Roland 
    the 
    Thompson 
    Gunner 

    Norway's 
    bravest 
    son 

    Bridge 1
    They 
    can 
    still 
    see 
    his 
    headless 
    body 

    Stalking 
    through 
    the 
    night 

    In 
    the 
    muzzle 
    flash 

    of 
    Roland's 
    Thompson 
    Gun 

    In 
    the 
    muzzle 
    flash 

    of 
    Roland's 
    Thompson 
    Gun 

    Verse 4
    Roland 
    searched 
    the 
    con
    tinent 

    For 
    the 
    man 
    who'd 
    done 
    him 
    in 

    He 
    found 
    him 
    in 
    Mom
    bassa 

    In 
    a 
    bar 
    room 
    drinkin' 
    Gin 

    Roland 
    aimed 
    his 
    Thompson 
    Gun 

    He 
    didn't 
    say 
    a 
    word 

    But 
    he 
    blew 
    Van 
    Owen's 
    bo
    dy 

    From 
    there 
    to 
    Johanasburg 

    Chorus 3
    Roland 
    the 
    Headless 

    Thompson 
    Gunner 

    Roland 
    the 
    Headless 

    Thompson 
    Gunner 

    Roland 
    the 
    Headless 

    Thompson 
    Gunner 

    Talkin 
    about 
    the 
    man 

    Roland 
    the 
    Headless 

    Thompson 
    Gunner 

    Verse 5
    The 
    e
    ternal 
    Thomp
    son 
    Gunner 

    Still 
    wanderin 
    through 
    the 
    night 

    Now 
    it's 
    ten 
    years 
    later 

    But 
    he 
    still 
    keeps 
    up 
    the 
    fight 

    In 
    Ireland, 
    In 
    Lebanon 

    In 
    Palastine 
    and 
    Berkley 

    Patty 
    Hurst 

    Heard 
    the 
    burst 

    Of 
    Roland's 
    Thompson 
    Gun 

    And 
    bought 
    it 
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