Bm D G Roland was a warrior from the Land of the Midnight SunG D A* With a Thompson gun for hire, fighting to be doneBm D G The deal was made in Denmark on a dark and stormy dayG D A Bm So he set out for Biafra to join the bloody frayBm D G Through sixty-six and seven they fought the Congo warG D A Fingers on their triggers, knee-deep in goreBm D G For days and nights they battled the Bantu to their kneesG D A Bm They killed to earn their living and to help out the CongoleseG D A Bm Roland the Thompson gunner...G D A Bm Roland the Thompson gunner...Bm D G His comrades fought beside him - Van Owen and the restG D A But of all the Thompson gunners Roland was the bestBm D G So the CIA decided they wanted Roland deadG D A Bm That son-of-a-bitch Van Owen blew off Roland's head Chorus: Harmony:D A G Bm 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)A Bm A D A G Bm They can still see his headless body stalking through the nightD A Bm In the muzzle flash of Roland's Thompson gunD A G Bm In the muzzle flash of Roland's Thompson gunBm D G Roland searched the continent for the man who'd done him inG D A He found him in Mombassa in a barroom drinking ginBm D G Roland aimed his Thompson gun - he didn't say a wordG D A Bm But he blew Van Owen's body from there to JohannesburgG D A Bm Roland the headless Thompson gunner...G D A Bm Roland the headless Thompson gunner...G D A Bm Roland the headless Thompson gunner...Bm D G The eternal Thompson gunner, still wandering through the nightG D A Now it's ten years later but he still keeps up the fightBm D G In Ireland, in Lebanon, in Palestine and BerkeleyG G G D Patty Hearst heard the burst of Roland's Thompson gunA Bm And bought it
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