WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | The Dreadnoughts - Roll Northumbria Chords | Ver. 2
[Verse 1]
Bm Em Bm
'Twas late 65 at the old wall sea yard
Em Bm
She was commissioned to haul the black tar
Em Bm
And built the Northumbria there on the bar
F# Bm
Roll Northumbria Roll
[Verse 2]
Bm Em Bm
For when the Egyptians they closed the Red Sea
Em Bm
And call came on high from the powers that be
Em Bm
To build a royal monster right down on the key
F# Bm
Roll Northumbria Roll me boys
F# Bm
Roll Northumbria Roll
[Verse 3]
Bm Em Bm
Carpathia Vengeance celestial call
Em Bm
She was the tanker to out-size them all
Em Bm
From the banks of the Mersey to the port of the Laul
F# Bm
Roll Northumbria Roll
[Verse 4]
Bm Em Bm
And fair Princess Anne threw a bottle of wine
Em Bm
And watch as the giants set down in the Tyne
Em Bm
What lay ahead could no mortal divine
F# Bm
Roll Northumbria Roll me boys
F# Bm
Roll Northumbria Roll
[Chorus]
G D
And it's one for the hot sun above
F# Bm
Two for the empire we love
G D
And it's three for the fire that burns down below
A Bm
Roll on Northumbria
F# Bm
Roll Northumbria Roll
[Instrumental]
Bm Em Em F# Em Bm F# Bm
[Chorus]
G D
And it's one for the hot sun above
F# Bm
Two for the empire we love
G D
And it's three for the fire that burns down below
A Bm
Roll on Northumbria
F# Bm
Roll Northumbria Roll
[Verse 5]
Bm Em Bm
So come all ya good workmen beware the command
Em Bm
That comes down on high from the desk of a man
Em Bm
Who's never held steel or torch in his hands
F# Bm
Roll Northumbria Roll
[Verse 6]
Bm Em Bm
For atop a wild breaker the cracks in her frame
Em Bm
Spilled her black guts all across the wild Maine
Em Bm
And she limped away through an ocean of flame
F# Bm
Roll Northumbria Roll me boys
F# Bm
Roll Northumbria Roll
[Chorus]
G D
And it's one for the hot sun above
F# Bm
Two for the empire we love
G D
And it's three for the fire that burns down below
A Bm
Roll on Northumbria
F# Bm
Roll Northumbria Roll
