Warren Zevon – Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner (Ukulele)
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Am C F Roland was a warrior from the Land of the Midnight Sun F C G With a Thompson gun for hire, fighting to be done Am C F The deal was made in Denmark on a dark and stormy day F C G Am So he set out for Biafra to join the bloody fray Am C F Through sixty-six and seven they fought the Congo war F C G Fingers on their triggers, knee-deep in gore Am C F For days and nights they battled the Bantu to their knees F C G Am They killed to earn their living and to help out the Congolese F C G Am Roland the Thompson gunner... F C G Am Roland the Thompson gunner... Am C F His comrades fought beside him - Van Owen and the rest F C G But of all the Thompson gunners Roland was the best Am C F So the CIA decided they wanted Roland dead F C G Am That son-of-a-bitch Van Owen blew off Roland's head
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C G F Am Roland the headless Thompson gunner (Time, time, time
D A For another peaceful war
Norway's bravest son But time stands still for
Roland
'Til he evens up the score)
G Am G C G F Am They can still see his headless body stalking through the night C G Am In the muzzle flash of Roland's Thompson gun C G F Am In the muzzle flash of Roland's Thompson gun Am C F Roland searched the continent for the man who'd done him in F C G He found him in Mombassa in a barroom drinking gin Am C F Roland aimed his Thompson gun - he didn't say a word F C G Am But he blew Van Owen's body from there to Johannesburg F C G Am Roland the headless Thompson gunner... F C G Am Roland the headless Thompson gunner... F C G Am Roland the headless Thompson gunner... Am C F The eternal Thompson gunner, still wandering through the night F C G Now it's ten years later but he still keeps up the fight Am C F In Ireland, in Lebanon, in Palestine and Berkeley F F F C Patty Hearst heard the burst of Roland's Thompson gun G Am And bought it