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