Chords for Warren Zevon live "Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner" with lyrics on screen.
Tempo:
68.7 bpm
Chords used:
D
A
G
B
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
I don't know, there's one character he just don't seem to want to [C#] die.
[B] [D] [Em] [D]
[Bm] [A] [B] Roland [D] was a warrior from the land of [G] the midnight sun with a Thompson [D] gun for hire
fighting to be done.
[A] [Bm] The deal was [C#m] made [D] in Denmark on a dark and stormy [G] day
so he set out for [D] Biafra to [A] join the bloody [B] fray.
[F#m]
[B] [F#] 66 [D] and 7 they fought the Congo [G]
war with their [D] fingers on their triggers
leading [A] the war.
[B] The days [F#] and nights [D] they battled the man to [G] their knees
they killed to earn a [D] living and [A] to help out the [B]
Congolese.
[D] [G] Roland [D] the Thompson Gunner, [E]
[Em] [Bm] [G] Roland [D] the Thompson Gunner, [E]
[Bm] [B] [F#] [Bm] his [A] comrades [D] beside him
than Owen and [G] the rest but of all the Thompson [D] Gunners Roland was [A] the best.
[B] So the CIA [F#] [D] decided they wanted [G] Roland dead and that son of a bitch man [D]
Owen
[A] blew off [B] Roland's head.
[Bm] [A] [D] So Roland [A] died for [G] another peaceful war.
[D] Tried to steal his parade [A] but he showed himself to scorn.
And he [Bm] can still [A] see [D] his headless [A] body [G] snuck in through [Bm] the night
[D] in the muzzle flash [A] of a Roland's [B] Thompson Gun.
[D] In the muzzle flash [A] of a Roland's [G] Thompson Gun.
[A] [B]
Roland [D] searched the continent for the man [G] who'd dug him in.
He [D] found him in Mombasa in a barroom drinking gin.
[D]
Roland gave his Thompson Gun.
He didn't [G] say a word but he blew man [D] Owen's body.
[A] Prepare to join [B] his crew.
[Bm]
[G] Roland the [D] Headless Thompson [E] Gunner, [Bm]
[G] Roland the [D] Headless Thompson [E] Gunner,
talking [Bm] about [B] the man, [G] Roland the [D] Headless Thompson Gunner.
[E] [B]
[G] Roland the [D] Headless Thompson [E] Gunner, [F#] [Bm]
the eternal [D] Thompson Gunner,
still wandering through [G] the night.
Now it's ten years [D] later but he still keeps up the [A] fight.
[B] In Ireland, [D] in Lebanon, in Palestine [G] and Berkeley.
Paddy Hearst heard the burst of a Roland's Thompson [A] Gun.
[Bm] Dead body.
[B]
[B] [D] [Em] [D]
[Bm] [A] [B] Roland [D] was a warrior from the land of [G] the midnight sun with a Thompson [D] gun for hire
fighting to be done.
[A] [Bm] The deal was [C#m] made [D] in Denmark on a dark and stormy [G] day
so he set out for [D] Biafra to [A] join the bloody [B] fray.
[F#m]
[B] [F#] 66 [D] and 7 they fought the Congo [G]
war with their [D] fingers on their triggers
leading [A] the war.
[B] The days [F#] and nights [D] they battled the man to [G] their knees
they killed to earn a [D] living and [A] to help out the [B]
Congolese.
[D] [G] Roland [D] the Thompson Gunner, [E]
[Em] [Bm] [G] Roland [D] the Thompson Gunner, [E]
[Bm] [B] [F#] [Bm] his [A] comrades [D] beside him
than Owen and [G] the rest but of all the Thompson [D] Gunners Roland was [A] the best.
[B] So the CIA [F#] [D] decided they wanted [G] Roland dead and that son of a bitch man [D]
Owen
[A] blew off [B] Roland's head.
[Bm] [A] [D] So Roland [A] died for [G] another peaceful war.
[D] Tried to steal his parade [A] but he showed himself to scorn.
And he [Bm] can still [A] see [D] his headless [A] body [G] snuck in through [Bm] the night
[D] in the muzzle flash [A] of a Roland's [B] Thompson Gun.
[D] In the muzzle flash [A] of a Roland's [G] Thompson Gun.
[A] [B]
Roland [D] searched the continent for the man [G] who'd dug him in.
He [D] found him in Mombasa in a barroom drinking gin.
[D]
Roland gave his Thompson Gun.
He didn't [G] say a word but he blew man [D] Owen's body.
[A] Prepare to join [B] his crew.
[Bm]
[G] Roland the [D] Headless Thompson [E] Gunner, [Bm]
[G] Roland the [D] Headless Thompson [E] Gunner,
talking [Bm] about [B] the man, [G] Roland the [D] Headless Thompson Gunner.
[E] [B]
[G] Roland the [D] Headless Thompson [E] Gunner, [F#] [Bm]
the eternal [D] Thompson Gunner,
still wandering through [G] the night.
Now it's ten years [D] later but he still keeps up the [A] fight.
[B] In Ireland, [D] in Lebanon, in Palestine [G] and Berkeley.
Paddy Hearst heard the burst of a Roland's Thompson [A] Gun.
[Bm] Dead body.
[B]
Key:
D
A
G
B
Bm
D
A
G
I don't know, there's one character he just don't seem to want to [C#] die. _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Em] _ [D] _
[Bm] _ [A] _ [B] _ _ _ _ Roland [D] was a warrior from the land of [G] the midnight sun with a Thompson [D] gun for hire
fighting to be done.
[A] _ [Bm] The deal was [C#m] made [D] in Denmark on a dark and stormy [G] day
so he set out for [D] Biafra to [A] join the bloody [B] fray.
[F#m] _ _
_ [B] [F#] 66 [D] and 7 they fought the Congo [G]
war with their [D] fingers on their triggers
_ leading [A] the war.
[B] The days [F#] and nights [D] they battled the man to [G] their knees
they killed to earn a [D] living and [A] to help out the [B]
Congolese.
[D] _ _ [G] Roland [D] the Thompson Gunner, [E] _
[Em] _ [Bm] _ _ [G] Roland [D] the Thompson Gunner, [E] _
[Bm] _ _ [B] _ _ [F#] [Bm] his [A] comrades [D] beside him
than Owen and [G] the rest but of all the Thompson [D] Gunners Roland was [A] the best.
[B] So the CIA [F#] [D] decided they wanted [G] Roland dead and that son of a bitch man [D]
Owen
[A] blew off [B] Roland's head.
[Bm] _ [A] [D] So Roland [A] died for [G] another peaceful war.
[D] Tried to steal his parade [A] but he showed himself to scorn.
And he [Bm] can still [A] see [D] his headless [A] body [G] snuck in through [Bm] the night
[D] in the muzzle flash [A] of a Roland's [B] Thompson Gun.
_ _ [D] In the muzzle flash [A] of a Roland's [G] Thompson Gun. _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
Roland [D] searched the continent for the man [G] who'd dug him in.
He [D] found him in Mombasa in a barroom drinking gin.
[D]
Roland gave his Thompson Gun.
He didn't [G] say a word but he blew man [D] Owen's body.
[A] Prepare to join [B] his crew.
[Bm] _
_ [G] Roland the [D] Headless Thompson [E] Gunner, _ [Bm] _
_ [G] Roland the [D] Headless Thompson [E] Gunner,
talking [Bm] about [B] the man, [G] Roland the [D] Headless Thompson Gunner.
[E] _ _ [B] _
_ [G] Roland the [D] Headless Thompson [E] Gunner, [F#] _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ the eternal [D] Thompson Gunner,
still wandering through [G] the night.
Now it's ten years [D] later but he still keeps up the [A] fight.
[B] In Ireland, [D] in Lebanon, in Palestine [G] and Berkeley. _
_ Paddy Hearst heard the burst of a Roland's Thompson [A] Gun.
[Bm] Dead body.
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Em] _ [D] _
[Bm] _ [A] _ [B] _ _ _ _ Roland [D] was a warrior from the land of [G] the midnight sun with a Thompson [D] gun for hire
fighting to be done.
[A] _ [Bm] The deal was [C#m] made [D] in Denmark on a dark and stormy [G] day
so he set out for [D] Biafra to [A] join the bloody [B] fray.
[F#m] _ _
_ [B] [F#] 66 [D] and 7 they fought the Congo [G]
war with their [D] fingers on their triggers
_ leading [A] the war.
[B] The days [F#] and nights [D] they battled the man to [G] their knees
they killed to earn a [D] living and [A] to help out the [B]
Congolese.
[D] _ _ [G] Roland [D] the Thompson Gunner, [E] _
[Em] _ [Bm] _ _ [G] Roland [D] the Thompson Gunner, [E] _
[Bm] _ _ [B] _ _ [F#] [Bm] his [A] comrades [D] beside him
than Owen and [G] the rest but of all the Thompson [D] Gunners Roland was [A] the best.
[B] So the CIA [F#] [D] decided they wanted [G] Roland dead and that son of a bitch man [D]
Owen
[A] blew off [B] Roland's head.
[Bm] _ [A] [D] So Roland [A] died for [G] another peaceful war.
[D] Tried to steal his parade [A] but he showed himself to scorn.
And he [Bm] can still [A] see [D] his headless [A] body [G] snuck in through [Bm] the night
[D] in the muzzle flash [A] of a Roland's [B] Thompson Gun.
_ _ [D] In the muzzle flash [A] of a Roland's [G] Thompson Gun. _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
Roland [D] searched the continent for the man [G] who'd dug him in.
He [D] found him in Mombasa in a barroom drinking gin.
[D]
Roland gave his Thompson Gun.
He didn't [G] say a word but he blew man [D] Owen's body.
[A] Prepare to join [B] his crew.
[Bm] _
_ [G] Roland the [D] Headless Thompson [E] Gunner, _ [Bm] _
_ [G] Roland the [D] Headless Thompson [E] Gunner,
talking [Bm] about [B] the man, [G] Roland the [D] Headless Thompson Gunner.
[E] _ _ [B] _
_ [G] Roland the [D] Headless Thompson [E] Gunner, [F#] _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ the eternal [D] Thompson Gunner,
still wandering through [G] the night.
Now it's ten years [D] later but he still keeps up the [A] fight.
[B] In Ireland, [D] in Lebanon, in Palestine [G] and Berkeley. _
_ Paddy Hearst heard the burst of a Roland's Thompson [A] Gun.
[Bm] Dead body.
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _