From: mrubin@amanda.dorsai.org (mark rubin) Ken Key uploaded this song originally but I think these cords are closer to the recording on Excitable Boy. I left Ken's lyric formatting and just changed the cords <thanks Ken>. key@cs.utk.edu Mark Rubin <mrubin@dorsai.org> ---------------------------------------- Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner Warren Zevon

^BmRoland was a ^Dwarrior from the Land of the Midnight ^GSun G D A* With a Thompson gun for hire, fighting to be done The ^Bmdeal was made in ^DDenmark on a dark and stormy ^Gday ^GSo he set out for ^DBiafra to j^Aoin the bloody ^Bmfray

^BmThrough sixty-six and ^Dseven they fought the Congo ^Gwar ^GFingers on their ^Dtriggers, knee-deep in ^Agore For ^Bmdays and nights they ^Dbattled the Bantu to their ^Gknees ^GThey killed to earn their ^Dliving and to h^Aelp out the C^Bmongolese

^GRoland the ^DThompson gunner... ^A ^Bm ^GRoland the ^DThompson gunner... ^A ^Bm

His ^Bmcomrades fought b^Deside him - Van Owen and the ^Grest ^GBut of all the Thompson g^Dunners Roland was the b^Aest So the ^BmCIA dec^Dided they wanted Roland ^Gdead ^GThat son-of-a-bitch Van ^DOwen ^Ablew off Roland's ^Bmhead

Chorus: Harmony:

^DRoland the ^Aheadless Thompson ^Ggunner ^Bm (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)

^AThey can ^Bmstill s^Aee his ^Dheadless b^Aody s^Gtalking through the n^Bmight In the ^Dmuzzle flash of ^ARoland's Thompson ^Bmgun In the ^Dmuzzle flash of ^ARoland's Thompson ^Ggun ^Bm

^BmRoland searched the ^Dcontinent for the man who'd done him i^Gn ^GHe found him in ^DMombassa in a barroom drinking ^Agin ^BmRoland aimed his ^DThompson gun - he didn't say a ^Gword ^GBut he blew Van Owen's ^Dbody from ^Athere to ^BmJohannesburg

^GRoland the headless ^DThompson gunner... ^A ^Bm ^GRoland the headless ^DThompson gunner... ^A ^Bm ^GRoland the headless ^DThompson gunner... ^A ^Bm

^BmThe eternal Thompson ^Dgunner, still wandering through the ^Gnight ^GNow it's ten years ^Dlater but he still keeps up the ^Afight In ^BmIreland, in ^DLebanon, in Palestine and ^GBerkeley ^GPatty Hearst ^Gheard the burst of ^GRoland's Thompson ^Dgun ^AAnd ^Bmbought it

All the A cords can be played as a regular A or O O 2 2 O O, [I forget the name of this cord]

Warren Zevon - Roland the headless