Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner - Warren Zevon Capo III (can be adjusted for your preferred key) Verse 1 Em G Cadd9 Roland was a warrior, from the land of the midnight sun G D With a Thompson gun for hire, fighting to be done Em G Cadd9 The deal was made in Denmark on a dark and stormy day G D Em So he set out for Biafra, to join the bloody fray 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 Cadd9 G D Em Roland the Thompson gunner (2x) 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 G D Cadd9 Roland the headless Thompson gunner G D Norway's bravest son Cadd9 G Em Cadd9 They can still see his headless body stalking through the night G D Em In the muzzle flash of Roland's Thompson gun G D Cadd9 D Em In the muzzle flash of Roland's Thompson gun 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 Cadd9 G D Em Roland the headless Thompson gunner Cadd9 G D Em Roland the headless Thompson gunner Cadd9 G D Em Roland the headless Thompson gunner (talkin' about the man) Cadd9 G D Em Roland the headless Thompson gunner Em G Cadd9 The eternal Thompson gunner still wanders through the night G D Now it's ten years later, but he still keeps up the fight Em G Cadd9 In Ireland, in Lebanon, in Palestine and Berkeley... D Patty Hearst heard the burst of Roland's Thompson gun Em And bought it
