B5 D5 G5 Roland was a warrior from the Land of the Midnight Sun G5 D5 A5 * With a Thompson gun for hire, fighting to be done B5 D5 G5 The deal was made in Denmark on a dark and stormy day G5 D5 A5 B5 So he set out for Biafra to join the bloody fray B5 D5 G5 Through sixty-six and seven they fought the Congo war G5 D5 A5 Fingers on their triggers, knee-deep in gore B5 D5 G5 For days and nights they battled the Bantu to their knees G5 D5 A5 B5 They killed to earn their living and to help out the Congolese G5 D5 A5 B5 Roland the Thompson gunner... G5 D5 A5 B5 Roland the Thompson gunner... B5 D5 G5 His comrades fought beside him - Van Owen and the rest G5 D5 A5 But of all the Thompson gunners Roland was the best B5 D5 G5 So the CIA decided they wanted Roland dead G5 D5 A5 B5 That son-of-a-bitch Van Owen blew off Roland's head Chorus: Harmony: D5 A5 G5 B5 Roland the headless Thompson gunner (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) A5 B5 A5 D5 A5 G5 B5 They can still see his headless body stalking through the night D5 A5 B5 In the muzzle flash of Roland's Thompson gun D5 A5 G5 B5 In the muzzle flash of Roland's Thompson gun B5 D5 G5 Roland searched the continent for the man who'd done him in G5 D5 A5 He found him in Mombassa in a barroom drinking gin B5 D5 G5 Roland aimed his Thompson gun - he didn't say a word G5 D5 A5 B5 But he blew Van Owen's body from there to Johannesburg G5 D5 A5 B5 Roland the headless Thompson gunner... G5 D5 A5 B5 Roland the headless Thompson gunner... G5 D5 A5 B5 Roland the headless Thompson gunner... B5 D5 G5 The eternal Thompson gunner, still wandering through the night G5 D5 A5 Now it's ten years later but he still keeps up the fight B5 D5 G5 In Ireland, in Lebanon, in Palestine and Berkeley G5 G5 G5 D5 Patty Hearst heard the burst of Roland's Thompson gun A5 B5 And bought 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]
