Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner Chords by Warren Zevon

[Bm] _ _ [G] _ [D] _ [Em] _ [D] _ [C#] _ [Bm] _
[A] _ [Bm] _ _ _ [B] _ _ Roland [D] was a warrior from the land of the [G] midnight sun
With a Thompson [D] gun for hire, _ fighting to [A] be done
[Bm] The deal was [D] made in Denmark on a dark and [G] stormy day
So he set out for [D] Biafra [A] to join [Bm] the bloody fray
_ _ [B] _ Sixty [D]-six and seven, they fought the [G] Congo War
With their fingers [D] on their triggers, _ knee deep [A] in [Bm] gore
Days and [D] nights they battled, a band to [G] their knees
They killed to earn [D] their living, [A] and to help out the [B]
Congolese
_ [D] _ [G] _ Roland [D] the Thompson [E] Gunner, _ [B] _ _ _ [G] Roland [D] the Thompson [E] Gunner
_ [B] _ _ _ _
His comrades [D] fought beside him, Van Owen [G] and the rest
But of all the [D] Thompson Gunners, _ Roland [A] was the best
[Bm] So the [D] CIA decided they wanted [G] Roland dead
That son of a bitch Van [D] Owen [A] blew off [Bm] Roland's head
_ _ _ [D]
Roland [A] the Headless [G] Thompson Gunner _ _
[D] No one weighs [A] brave as the sons of the storm
[B] They can [A] still [D] see his [A] headless body, [G] stalking through [Bm] the night
[D] In the muzzle [A] flash, Roland's Thompson [Bm]
Gunner
_ [D] In the muzzle [A] flash of Roland's Thompson [G] Gun
_ _ _ Roland [A] _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] searched the continent for the man who'd done [G] him in
He found him [D] in Mombasa, in a ballroom drinking [A] gin _
[Bm] Roland [D] aimed his Thompson gun, he didn't [G] say a word
But he blew [D] Van Owen's body, [A] from there to [Bm] Johannesburg
_ [D] _ [G] _ Roland the [D] Headless Thompson [Em] Gunner
_ [B] _ _ _ [G] Roland the [D] Headless Thompson [Em] Gunner
_ [B] _ _ [G]
Roland the [D] Headless Thompson [Em] Gunner
Talking [B] about the man, [G] Roland [D] the Headless Thompson [Em] Gunner
_ [B] _
The _ _ eternal [D] Thompson Gunner, still wandering through [G] the night
Now it's [D] ten years later, but he still keeps [A] up the fight
[Bm] In [D] Ireland, in Lebanon, in [G] Palestine, in Berkeley
_ They heard the lover of Roland's [A] Thompson Gun [B] and parted _ _
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