Roll Northumbria Chords by The Dreadnoughts, Nicholas Smyth, Nicholas Smyth
Tempo:
59.975 bpm
Chords used:
B
A
Em
G
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

Jam Along & Learn...
[B]
It was late 65 at the old Balsea Yard She was commissioned to haul the black tar
Built the [B] Northumbria there on [A] the bar Roll [B] Northumbria, roll!
When the Egyptians they closed the Red Sea A call came on high from the powers that be
[E] To build a royal monster [B] right down on [A] the quay Roll [Em] Northumbria, [B] roll [A] me boys!
Roll [B] Northumbria, roll!
celestial call She was the tanker to outsize them all
to the port of Hullal
It was late 65 at the old Balsea Yard She was commissioned to haul the black tar
Built the [B] Northumbria there on [A] the bar Roll [B] Northumbria, roll!
When the Egyptians they closed the Red Sea A call came on high from the powers that be
[E] To build a royal monster [B] right down on [A] the quay Roll [Em] Northumbria, [B] roll [A] me boys!
Roll [B] Northumbria, roll!
celestial call She was the tanker to outsize them all
to the port of Hullal
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A
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[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ It was late 65 at the old Balsea Yard She was commissioned to haul the black tar
Built the [B] Northumbria there on [A] the bar Roll [B] Northumbria, roll!
When the Egyptians they closed the Red Sea A call came on high from the powers that be
[E] To build a royal monster [B] right down on [A] the quay Roll [Em] Northumbria, [B] roll [A] me boys!
Roll [B] Northumbria, roll!
_ _ Carpathia, vengeance celestial call She was the tanker to outsize them all
From the banks of the Mersey to the port of Hullal
[Em] [B] Roll Northumbria, roll!
And fair princess Anne threw a bottle of wine And watched as the giants set down in the tine
What lay ahead could no mortal [A] divine [Em] Roll Northumbria, [B] roll [A] me boys!
[E] Roll [B] Northumbria, roll!
_ [G] And it's one [D] for the hot sun above [F#]
Two [Bm] for the empire we love
[G] And it's three for [D] the fire that burns [A] down below
[Em] Roll on [B] Northumbria, [A] [Em] roll!
[B] Roll Northumbria, roll! _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[B] _ [E] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ [E] _ [B] _
_ [Bm] _ [G] And it's one [D] for the hot sun above [F#]
Two for [Bm] the empire we love
[G] And it's three for [D] the fire that burns down [A] below
[Em] [B] Roll on Northumbria, [A] [Em] roll!
Roll [B] Northumbria, roll! _
So come all you good workmen, beware the command It comes down on high from the desk of a man
[E] Who's never [B] held steel or torch in [Am] his hands [Em] Roll [B] Northumbria, roll!
For atop a wild breaker that cracks in her frame Spilled her black guts all across the wild main
She limped away through an ocean [A] of flame [Em] Roll Northumbria, [Bm] roll [A] me boys!
[Em] Roll [Bm] Northumbria, roll!
_ [G] And it's one for [D] the hot sun above [F#] Two for [Bm] the empire we love
[G] And it's three for [D] the fire that burns down [A] below
[E] [B] Roll on Northumbria, [A]
[Em] roll! [B] Northumbria, roll! _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ It was late 65 at the old Balsea Yard She was commissioned to haul the black tar
Built the [B] Northumbria there on [A] the bar Roll [B] Northumbria, roll!
When the Egyptians they closed the Red Sea A call came on high from the powers that be
[E] To build a royal monster [B] right down on [A] the quay Roll [Em] Northumbria, [B] roll [A] me boys!
Roll [B] Northumbria, roll!
_ _ Carpathia, vengeance celestial call She was the tanker to outsize them all
From the banks of the Mersey to the port of Hullal
[Em] [B] Roll Northumbria, roll!
And fair princess Anne threw a bottle of wine And watched as the giants set down in the tine
What lay ahead could no mortal [A] divine [Em] Roll Northumbria, [B] roll [A] me boys!
[E] Roll [B] Northumbria, roll!
_ [G] And it's one [D] for the hot sun above [F#]
Two [Bm] for the empire we love
[G] And it's three for [D] the fire that burns [A] down below
[Em] Roll on [B] Northumbria, [A] [Em] roll!
[B] Roll Northumbria, roll! _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[B] _ [E] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ [E] _ [B] _
_ [Bm] _ [G] And it's one [D] for the hot sun above [F#]
Two for [Bm] the empire we love
[G] And it's three for [D] the fire that burns down [A] below
[Em] [B] Roll on Northumbria, [A] [Em] roll!
Roll [B] Northumbria, roll! _
So come all you good workmen, beware the command It comes down on high from the desk of a man
[E] Who's never [B] held steel or torch in [Am] his hands [Em] Roll [B] Northumbria, roll!
For atop a wild breaker that cracks in her frame Spilled her black guts all across the wild main
She limped away through an ocean [A] of flame [Em] Roll Northumbria, [Bm] roll [A] me boys!
[Em] Roll [Bm] Northumbria, roll!
_ [G] And it's one for [D] the hot sun above [F#] Two for [Bm] the empire we love
[G] And it's three for [D] the fire that burns down [A] below
[E] [B] Roll on Northumbria, [A]
[Em] roll! [B] Northumbria, roll! _ _ _ _ _
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