Chords for Warren Zevon- Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner (cover by Lauren O'Connell)
Tempo:
77.7 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
D
F#
F#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[F#] Rollin' was [A] a warrior from the land of the midnight [D] sun With a Thompson gun for [A] hire,
fighting to be [E] done [F#] Fields made [A] in Denmark on a dark and stormy
[D] day So he set out for [A] Biafra [E] to join the bloody
[F#]
fray Through 66 [A] and 7 they fought [D] the Congo War
With their fingers on their [A] triggers, needling [E] war
[F#] Days and nights [A] they battled the bandits in [D] their knees
Being killed to earn [A] their living, [E] and the help of the [F#] Congolese
[D] [A] Rollin' with a Thompson gun, [E] [F#] [D] rollin' [A] with a Thompson gun
[E] His [F#m] [F#]
comrades were on [A] the side, meddling in [D] the rest
But of all the Thompson [A] gunners, rollin' [E] was the best
[F#] So the CIA [A] decided, the only [D] rollin' dead
That son of a bitch [A] ran away, and the [E] law proved [F#] his innocence
[A] Rollin' [E] learned the headless [D] Thompson [F#m] gunnery
[A] And always ready [E] his guns
You [F#m] can [E] still [A] see his [E] headless [D] body, stalking through [F#] the night
[A] When the muzzle [E] flashed, the rollin's [F#] Thompson
[A] [E] [D] gunnery
The [F#] rollin's [A] too much of a conner for a man who'd [D] done him in
He'd find him in [A] the long back step, in a bar room [E] in June
[F#] Rollin' [A] with his Thompson gun, he didn't [D] say a word
But he flew [A] that way, his body, [E] made a [F#] Joel's in his bird
[A]
Rollin' [E] with a headless [D] Thompson [F#m] [A] gunnery
Rollin' [E] with a headless [D] Thompson [F#m] gunnery
[A]
[E] Rollin' with a headless [D] Thompson [F#] gunnery
Thompson
[A]
gunner, still walking [D] through the night
Now it's [A] ten years later, but he still [E] keeps up the [F#] fight
He's in [A] Lebanon, [D] Palestine, and Berkeley
I hearst, heard the burst, of [E] Rollin's Thompson [F#] gun embodied
[N]
fighting to be [E] done [F#] Fields made [A] in Denmark on a dark and stormy
[D] day So he set out for [A] Biafra [E] to join the bloody
[F#]
fray Through 66 [A] and 7 they fought [D] the Congo War
With their fingers on their [A] triggers, needling [E] war
[F#] Days and nights [A] they battled the bandits in [D] their knees
Being killed to earn [A] their living, [E] and the help of the [F#] Congolese
[D] [A] Rollin' with a Thompson gun, [E] [F#] [D] rollin' [A] with a Thompson gun
[E] His [F#m] [F#]
comrades were on [A] the side, meddling in [D] the rest
But of all the Thompson [A] gunners, rollin' [E] was the best
[F#] So the CIA [A] decided, the only [D] rollin' dead
That son of a bitch [A] ran away, and the [E] law proved [F#] his innocence
[A] Rollin' [E] learned the headless [D] Thompson [F#m] gunnery
[A] And always ready [E] his guns
You [F#m] can [E] still [A] see his [E] headless [D] body, stalking through [F#] the night
[A] When the muzzle [E] flashed, the rollin's [F#] Thompson
[A] [E] [D] gunnery
The [F#] rollin's [A] too much of a conner for a man who'd [D] done him in
He'd find him in [A] the long back step, in a bar room [E] in June
[F#] Rollin' [A] with his Thompson gun, he didn't [D] say a word
But he flew [A] that way, his body, [E] made a [F#] Joel's in his bird
[A]
Rollin' [E] with a headless [D] Thompson [F#m] [A] gunnery
Rollin' [E] with a headless [D] Thompson [F#m] gunnery
[A]
[E] Rollin' with a headless [D] Thompson [F#] gunnery
Thompson
[A]
gunner, still walking [D] through the night
Now it's [A] ten years later, but he still [E] keeps up the [F#] fight
He's in [A] Lebanon, [D] Palestine, and Berkeley
I hearst, heard the burst, of [E] Rollin's Thompson [F#] gun embodied
[N]
Key:
A
E
D
F#
F#m
A
E
D
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ Rollin' was [A] a warrior from the land of the midnight [D] sun _ With a Thompson gun for [A] hire,
fighting to be [E] done [F#] Fields made [A] in Denmark on a dark and stormy
[D] day So he set out for [A] Biafra [E] to join the bloody
[F#] _
_ fray Through 66 [A] and 7 they fought [D] the Congo War
With their fingers on their [A] triggers, _ needling [E] war
[F#] Days and nights [A] they battled the bandits in [D] their knees
Being killed to earn [A] their living, [E] and the help of the [F#] Congolese
_ _ [D] [A] Rollin' with a Thompson gun, [E] _ _ [F#] _ _ [D] rollin' [A] with a Thompson gun
[E] His [F#m] _ _ _ _ [F#]
comrades were on [A] the side, _ meddling in [D] the rest
But of all the Thompson [A] gunners, rollin' [E] was the best
[F#] So the CIA [A] decided, the only [D] rollin' dead
That son of a bitch [A] ran away, and the [E] law proved [F#] his innocence
_ [A] Rollin' [E] learned the headless [D] Thompson [F#m] gunnery
[A] And always ready [E] his guns
You [F#m] can [E] still [A] see his [E] headless [D] body, stalking through [F#] the night
[A] When the muzzle [E] flashed, the rollin's [F#] Thompson _ _
_ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ gunnery
The [F#] _ _ _ _ rollin's [A] too much of a conner for a man who'd [D] done him in
He'd find him in [A] the long back step, in a bar room [E] in June
[F#] Rollin' [A] with his Thompson gun, he didn't [D] say a word
But he flew [A] that way, his body, [E] made a [F#] Joel's in his bird
_ _ [A]
Rollin' [E] with a headless [D] Thompson _ [F#m] _ [A] gunnery
Rollin' [E] with a headless [D] Thompson [F#m] gunnery
_ [A] _
[E] Rollin' with a headless [D] Thompson [F#] gunnery
Thompson _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A]
gunner, still walking [D] through the night _ _
Now it's [A] ten years later, but he still [E] keeps up the [F#] fight
He's in [A] Lebanon, _ [D] Palestine, and Berkeley _
I _ _ hearst, heard the burst, of [E] Rollin's Thompson [F#] gun embodied _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
fighting to be [E] done [F#] Fields made [A] in Denmark on a dark and stormy
[D] day So he set out for [A] Biafra [E] to join the bloody
[F#] _
_ fray Through 66 [A] and 7 they fought [D] the Congo War
With their fingers on their [A] triggers, _ needling [E] war
[F#] Days and nights [A] they battled the bandits in [D] their knees
Being killed to earn [A] their living, [E] and the help of the [F#] Congolese
_ _ [D] [A] Rollin' with a Thompson gun, [E] _ _ [F#] _ _ [D] rollin' [A] with a Thompson gun
[E] His [F#m] _ _ _ _ [F#]
comrades were on [A] the side, _ meddling in [D] the rest
But of all the Thompson [A] gunners, rollin' [E] was the best
[F#] So the CIA [A] decided, the only [D] rollin' dead
That son of a bitch [A] ran away, and the [E] law proved [F#] his innocence
_ [A] Rollin' [E] learned the headless [D] Thompson [F#m] gunnery
[A] And always ready [E] his guns
You [F#m] can [E] still [A] see his [E] headless [D] body, stalking through [F#] the night
[A] When the muzzle [E] flashed, the rollin's [F#] Thompson _ _
_ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ gunnery
The [F#] _ _ _ _ rollin's [A] too much of a conner for a man who'd [D] done him in
He'd find him in [A] the long back step, in a bar room [E] in June
[F#] Rollin' [A] with his Thompson gun, he didn't [D] say a word
But he flew [A] that way, his body, [E] made a [F#] Joel's in his bird
_ _ [A]
Rollin' [E] with a headless [D] Thompson _ [F#m] _ [A] gunnery
Rollin' [E] with a headless [D] Thompson [F#m] gunnery
_ [A] _
[E] Rollin' with a headless [D] Thompson [F#] gunnery
Thompson _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A]
gunner, still walking [D] through the night _ _
Now it's [A] ten years later, but he still [E] keeps up the [F#] fight
He's in [A] Lebanon, _ [D] Palestine, and Berkeley _
I _ _ hearst, heard the burst, of [E] Rollin's Thompson [F#] gun embodied _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _