Biografía:
Warren William Zevon, cantautor estadounidense de ascendencia judía, nacido en Chicago, Illinois el 24 de enero 1947 y fallecido en Los Ángeles, California el 7 de septiembre 2004.
Su particular punto de vista sobre la vida le hizo dar a sus canciones un tono oscuro y sórdido.
Tuvo una vida llena de altibajos, con constantes problemas en su vida personal (divorcios, alcoholismo, intentos de suicidio...) que se complementaban con un gran reconocimiento entre sus compañeros de profesión entre los que destacaban Bob Dylan
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Otras canciones:
- Excitable Boy
- Frank And Jesse James
- Mohammeds Radio
- My Shit's Fucked Up
- Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner
- Werewolves Of London
- Accidentally Like A Martyr
- And If I Had You
- Back In The High Life Again
- Back Turned Looking Down The Path
- Backs Turned Looking Down The Path
- Basket Case
- Boom Boom Mancini
- Carmelita
- Desperados Under The Eaves
- Dirty Life And Times
- Dirty Little Religion
- Disorder In The House
- Dont Let Us Get Sick
- El Amor De Mi Vida
- Empty Hearted Town
- Envoy
- Factory
- Fistful Of Rain
- For My Next Trick Ill Need A Volunteer
- Frozen Notes
- Genius
- Hasten Down The Wind
- Hit Somebody
- Hit Somebody The Hockey Song
- Hostage
- I See The Lights
- I Was In The House When The House Burned Down
- Ill Go On
- Indifference Of Heaven
- Jeannie Needs A Shooter
- Jesus Mentioned
- Johnny Strikes Up The Band
- Keep Me In Your Heart
- Keep Me In Your Heart For A While
- Knocking On Heavens Door
- Lawyers Guns And Money
- Lifell Kill You
- Like The Seasons
- Looking For The Next Best Thing
- Lord Byrons Luggage
- Macgillyduddys Reeks
- Mama Couldnt Be Persuaded
- Mr Bad Example
- Mutineer
- My Rides Here
- My Shits Fucked Up
- Networking
- Never Too Late For Love
- Numb As A Statue
- Ourselves To Know
- Outside Chance
- Piano Fighter
- Play It All Night Long
- Please Stay
- Poor Poor Pitiful Me
- Porcelain Monkey
- Prison Grove
- Real Or Not
- Reconsider Me
- Renegade
- Roland The Headless
- Roll With The Punches
- Rosarita Beach Cafe
- Searching For A Heart
- Sentimental Hygiene
- Shes Too Good For Me
- Splendid Isolation
- Steady Rain
- Studebaker
- Suzie Lightning
- Tenderness On The Block
- The French Inhaler
- The Heartache
- The Hula Hula Boys
- Things To Do In Denver When Youre Dead
- Tules Blues
- Veracruz
- Warewolves Of London
¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner
Warren Zevon
[Verse]
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
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
G 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 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: 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 night
D A Bm
In the muzzle flash of Roland's Thompson gun
D A G Bm
In the muzzle flash of Roland's Thompson gun
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
G 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 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 D
Patty Hearst heard the burst of Roland's Thompson gun
A Bm
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]
Warren Zevon
[Verse]
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
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
G 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 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: 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 night
D A Bm
In the muzzle flash of Roland's Thompson gun
D A G Bm
In the muzzle flash of Roland's Thompson gun
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
G 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 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 D
Patty Hearst heard the burst of Roland's Thompson gun
A Bm
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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