Warren Zevon - Roland the headless thompson gunner

^BmRoland was a ^Dwarrior from the Land of the Midnight ^GSun With a ^GThompson gun for hire^D, fighting to be done^A The ^Bmdeal was made in ^DDenmark on a dark and stormy ^Gday So he ^Gset out for Bi^Dafra to ^Ajoin the bloody ^Bmfray

Through ^Bmsixty-six and ^Dseven they fought the Congo ^Gwar With their ^Gfingers on their ^Dtriggers, knee-deep in gore^A For ^Bmdays and nights they ^Dbattled the Bantu to their ^Gknees They ^Gkilled to earn their ^Dliving and to ^Ahelp out the Congolese^Bm

^GRoland the ^DThompson gunner... ^{Em Bm G}Roland the ^DThompson gunner... ^{Em Bm}

His ^Bmcomrades fought bes^Dide him - Van Owen and the ^Grest But of ^Gall the Thompson gun^Dners Roland was the ^Abest So the ^BmCIA dec^Dided they wanted Roland ^Gdead That ^Gson-of-a-bitch Van ^DOwen ^Ablew off Roland's ^Bmhead

^DRoland the ^Aheadless Thompson ^Ggunner 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

They can ^Bmstill ^Asee his ^Dheadless ^Abody ^Gstalking through the night ^Bm In the ^Dmuzzle flash of ^ARoland's Thompson ^Bmgun In the ^Dmuzzle flash of ^ARoland's Thompson ^Ggun ^{G A Bm}

^BmRoland searched the ^Dcontinent for the man who'd done him i^Gn He ^Gfound him in Mombassa in a ^Dbarroom drinking gin^{A Bm}Roland aimed his ^DThompson gun - he didn't say a ^Gword But he ^Gblew Van Owen's ^Dbody from ^Athere to Johannes^Bmburg

^GRoland the headless ^DThompson gunner... ^{Em Bm G}Roland the headless ^DThompson gunner... ^{Em Bm G}Roland the headless ^DThompson gunner...^Em(talkin’^Bm about the man) ^GRoland the headless ^DThompson gunner... ^{Em Bm}

The et^Bmernal 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 ^Agun And ^Bmbought it