Roll Northumbria chords by The Dreadnoughts

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Verse 1:
A minorAm
'Twas late 65 at the old wall sea yard
A minorAm            DmDm      A minorAm
She was commissioned to haul the black?tar
FF            DmDm      A minorAm
And?built the Northumbria?there on the bar
E minorEm         A minorAm
Roll Northumbria Roll

Verse 2:
A minorAm
For?when the Egyptians they closed the Red Sea
A minorAm               DmDm     A minorAm
And call came on high from the powers that be
FF                DmDm     A minorAm
To build a royal monster right down on the key
E minorEm         A minorAm
Roll Northumbria Roll me boys
E minorEm         A minorAm
Roll Northumbria Roll

Verse 3:
A minorAm
Carpathia Vengeance celestial call
A minorAm           DmDm      A minorAm
She was the tanker to out-size them all
FF             DmDm     A minorAm
Banks of the Merci to the port of the Laul
E minorEm         A minorAm
Roll Northumbria Roll

Verse 4:
A minorAm
And fair Princess Anne threw a bottle of wine
A minorAm              DmDm     A minorAm
And watch as the giants set down in the Tyne
FF            DmDm    A minorAm
What lay ahead could no mortal divine
E minorEm         A minorAm
Roll Northumbria Roll me boys
E minorEm         A minorAm
Roll Northumbria Roll

Chorus:
FF              G+G
And it's one for the hot sun above
E minorEm           A minorAm
Two for the empire we love
     FF            G+G
And it's three for the fire that burns down below
FF  G+G    A minorAm
Roll on Northumbria
FF     G+G     A minorAm
Roll Northumbria Roll

Instrumental:
A minorAm DmDm A minorAm FF DmDm A minorAm FF G+G A minorAm

Chorus:
FF              G+G
And it's one for the hot sun above
E minorEm          A minorAm
Two for the empire we love
     FF            G+G
And it's three for the fire that burns down below
FF  G+G    A minorAm
Roll on Northumbria
FF     G+G     A minorAm
Roll Northumbria Roll

Verse 5:
A minorAm
So come all ya good workmen beware the command
A minorAm                DmDm     A minorAm
That comes down on high from the desk of a man
FF             DmDm      A minorAm
Who's never held steel or torch in his hands
E minorEm        A minorAm
Roll Northumbria Roll

Verse 6:
A minorAm
For atop a wild breaker the cracks in her frame
A minorAm             DmDm       A minorAm
Spilled her black guts all across the wild Maine
FF              DmDm    A minorAm
She limped away through an ocean of flame
E minorEm         A minorAm
Roll Northumbria Roll me boys
E minorEm         A minorAm
Roll Northumbria Roll


Chorus:
FF              G+G
And it's one for the hot sun above
E minorEm          A minorAm
Two for the empire we love
      FF           G+G
And it's three for the fire that burns down below
FF  G+G    A minorAm
Roll on Northumbria
FF     G+G     A minorAm
Roll Northumbria Roll