Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner - Warren Zevon Capo III (can be adjusted for your preferred key) Verse 1

^EmRoland was a ^Gwarrior, from the land of the midnight ^Cadd9sun With a Thompson gun for ^Ghire, fighting to be ^Ddone ^EmThe deal was made in ^GDenmark on a dark and stormy ^Cadd9day So he set out for Bi^Gafra, to ^Djoin the bloody ^Emfray

Verse 2 (same as V1) Through '66-and-7, they fought the Congo war With their fingers on their triggers, knee-deep in gore For days and nights they battled the Bantu to their knees They killed to earn their living, and to help out the Congolese Chorus 1

^Cadd9Roland the ^GThompson gunner ^D(2x^Em) Verse 3 His comrades fought beside him, Van Owen and the rest But of all the Thompson gunners, Roland was the best So the CIA decided they wanted Roland dead That son-of-a-bitch Van Owen blew off Roland's head

Chorus 2

^GRoland the ^Dheadless Thompson ^Cadd9gunner ^GNorway's bravest ^Dson They can ^Cadd9still see his ^Gheadless body ^Emstalking through the ^Cadd9night In the ^Gmuzzle flash of ^DRoland's Thompson ^Emgun In the ^Gmuzzle flash of ^DRoland's Thompson ^Cadd9gun ^D ^Em

Verse 4 Roland searched the continent for the man who'd done him in He found him in Mombassa, in a barroom drinking gin Roland aimed his Thompson gun, he didn't say a word But he blew Van Owen's body, from there to Johannesburg

^Cadd9Roland the headless ^GThompson gunner ^D ^Em ^Cadd9Roland the headless ^GThompson gunner ^D ^Em ^Cadd9Roland the headless ^GThompson gunner ^D(talkin' a^Embout the man) ^Cadd9Roland the headless ^GThompson gunner ^D ^Em

^EmThe eternal Thompson ^Ggunner still wanders through the ^Cadd9night Now it's ten years ^Glater, but he still keeps up the ^Dfight In ^EmIreland, in ^GLebanon, in Palestine and ^Cadd9Berkeley... Patty Hearst heard the burst of Roland's Thompson ^Dgun And ^Embought it

Warren Zevon - Roland the headless