Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Am][C][F][C]
[Dm][C][Bm][Am][G][Am]
Roland was a [C]warrior
From the Land of the Midnight [F]Sun
With a Thompson Gun for [C]hire
Fighting to be [G]done
The [Am]deal was made [G]in [C]Denmark
On a dark and stormy [F]day
So he set out for [C]Biafra
To [G]join the bloody [Am]fray

[Verse 2]
Through [Am]'66 [G]and [C]7
They fought the Congo [F]War
With their fingers on their [C]triggers
Knee-deep in [G]gore
The [Am]days and nights [G]they [C]battled
The Bantu to their [F]Knees
They killed to earn their [C]living
And to [G]help out the [Am]Congolese[C]

[Chorus 1]
[F]Roland the [C]Thompson [Dm]Gunner[Am]
[F]Roland the [C]Thompson [Dm]Gunner[Am]

[Verse 3]
His [Am]comrades fought [C]beside him
Van Owen and the [F]rest
But of all the Thompson Gun[C]ners
Roland was the [G]best
So the [Am]CIA d[G]eci [C]ded
They wanted Roland [F]dead
That son-of-a-bitch Van O[C]wen
[G]Blew off Roland's [Am]Head

[Chorus 2]
[C]Roland the [G]Thompson [F]Gunner
[C]Norway's bravest [G]son

[Bridge 1]
They can [Am]still [G]see his [C]headless [G]body
[F]Stalking through the [Am]night
[G]In the [C]muzzle flash
of [G]Roland's Thompson [Am]Gun
In the [C]muzzle flash
of [G]Roland's Thompson [F]Gun[G][Am]

[Verse 4]
[Am]Roland searched the [C]continent
For the man who'd done him [F]in
He found him in Mom[C]bassa
In a bar room drinkin' [G]Gin
[Am]Roland aimed [G]his [C]Thompson Gun
He didn't say a [F]word
But he blew Van Owen's bo[C]dy
From [G]there to [Am]Johanasburg[C]

[Chorus 3]
[F]Roland the Headless
[C]Thompson [Dm]Gunner[Am]
[F]Roland the Headless
[C]Thompson [Dm]Gunner[Am]
[F]Roland the Headless
[C]Thompson Gunner
[Dm]Talkin about[Am] the man
[F]Roland the Headless
[C]Thompson [Dm]Gunner[Am]

[Verse 5]
The e[Am]ternal Thomp[G]son [C]Gunner
Still wanderin through the [F]night
Now it's ten years [C]later
But he still keeps up the [G]fight
In [Am]Ireland, [G]In [C]Lebanon
In Palastine and [F]Berkley
Patty Hurst
Heard the burst
Of Roland's Thompson [G]Gun
And [Am]bought it