Bm D G Roland was a warrior from the Land of the Midnight Sun G D A With a Thompson gun for hire, fighting to be done Bm D G The deal was made in Denmark on a dark and stormy day G D A Bm So he set out for Biafra to join the bloody fray Bm D G Through sixty-six and seven they fought the Congo war G D A With their fingers on their triggers, knee-deep in gore Bm D G For days and nights they battled the Bantu to their knees G D A Bm They killed to earn their living and to help out the Congolese [Chorus] G D Em Bm Roland the Thompson gunner... G D Em Bm Roland the Thompson gunner... [Verse 2] Bm D G His comrades fought beside him - Van Owen and the rest G D A But of all the Thompson gunners Roland was the best Bm D G So the CIA decided they wanted Roland dead G D A Bm That son-of-a-bitch Van Owen blew off Roland's head [Chorus] D A G Roland the headless Thompson gunner D A Norway's bravest son (Harmony) (Time, time, time For another peaceful war But time stands still for Roland ‘Til he evens up the score) Bm A D A G Bm They can still see his headless body stalking through the night D A Bm In the muzzle flash of Roland's Thompson gun D A G G A Bm In the muzzle flash of Roland's Thompson gun [Verse 3] Bm D G Roland searched the continent for the man who'd done him in G D A He found him in Mombassa in a barroom drinking gin Bm D G Roland aimed his Thompson gun - he didn't say a word G D A Bm But he blew Van Owen's body from there to Johannesburg [Chorus] G D Em Bm Roland the headless Thompson gunner... G D Em Bm Roland the headless Thompson gunner... G D Em Bm Roland the headless Thompson gunner...(talkin’ about the man) G D Em Bm Roland the headless Thompson gunner... [Verse 4] Bm D G The eternal Thompson gunner, still wandering through the night G D A Now it's ten years later but he still keeps up the fight Bm D G In Ireland, in Lebanon, in Palestine and Berkeley G G G A Patty Hearst heard the burst of Roland's Thompson gun Bm And bought it
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