WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | The Dreadnoughts - Roll Northumbria Chords | Ver. 3
[Verse]
Em Bm
'Twas late 65 at the old wall sea yard
G F#
She was commissioned to haul the black tar
Am Em
And built the Northumbria there on the bar
Asus2 B7 Em
Roll, Northumbria, Roll
Em Bm
For when the Egyptians, they closed the Red Sea
G F#
And call came on high from the powers that be
Am Em
To build a royal monster right down on the quay
Asus2 B7 Em C
Roll, Northumbria, Roll, me boys
Asus2 B7 Emadd9
Roll, Northumbria, Roll
[Verse]
Em Bm
Carpathia, Vengeance, celestial call
G F#
She was the tanker to out-size them all
Am Em
From the banks of the Mersey to the port of the Halal
Asus2 B7 Em
Roll, Northumbria, Roll
Em Bm
And fair Princess Anne threw a bottle of wine
G F#
And watched as the giants set down in the Tyne
Am Em
What lay ahead could no mortal divine
Asus2 B7 Em C
Roll, Northumbria, Roll, me boys
Asus2 B7 Em
Roll, Northumbria, Roll
[Chorus]
C Am
And it's one for the hot sun above
Bm D
Two for the empire we love
Bb F
And it's three for the fire that burns down below
C G E
Roll on Northumbria
Asus2 B7 Emadd9
Roll, Northumbria, Roll
[Instrumental]
Em Bm
G F#
Am Em
Asus2 B7 Em
Em
[Chorus]
C Am
And it's one for the hot sun above
Bm D
Two for the empire we love
Bb F
And it's three for the fire that burns down below
C G E
Roll on Northumbria
Asus2 B7 Emadd9
Roll, Northumbria, Roll
[Verse]
Em Bm
So come all you good workmen, beware the command
G F#
That comes down on high from the desk of a man
Am Em
Who's never held steel or torch in his hands
Asus2 B7 Em
Roll, Northumbria, Roll
Em Bm
For atop a wild breaker, the cracks in her frame
G F#
Spilled 'er black guts all across the wild Maine
Am Em
She limped away through an ocean of flame
Asus2 B7 Em C
Roll, Northumbria, Roll, me boys
Asus2 B7 Em
Roll, Northumbria, Roll
Em
[Chorus]
C Am
And it's one for the hot sun above
Bm D
Two for the empire we love
Bb F
And it's three for the fire that burns down below
C G E
Roll on Northumbria
Asus2 B7 Emadd9
Roll, Northumbria, Roll
Em
