Roll Northumbria chords by The Dreadnoughts

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Verse 1:
Am
'Twas late 65 at the old wall sea yard
Am                       Dm            Am
She was commissioned to haul the black?tar
F                        Dm            Am
And?built the Northumbria?there on the bar
Em                 Am
Roll Northumbria Roll

Verse 2:
Am
For?when the Egyptians they closed the Red Sea
Am                             Dm          Am
And call came on high from the powers that be
F                               Dm          Am
To build a royal monster right down on the key
Em                 Am
Roll Northumbria Roll me boys
Em                 Am
Roll Northumbria Roll

Verse 3:
Am
Carpathia Vengeance celestial call
Am                     Dm            Am
She was the tanker to out-size them all
F                          Dm          Am
Banks of the Merci to the port of the Laul
Em                 Am
Roll Northumbria Roll

Verse 4:
Am
And fair Princess Anne threw a bottle of wine
Am                           Dm          Am
And watch as the giants set down in the Tyne
F                       Dm        Am
What lay ahead could no mortal divine
Em                 Am
Roll Northumbria Roll me boys
Em                 Am
Roll Northumbria Roll

Chorus:
F                            G
And it's one for the hot sun above
Em                     Am
Two for the empire we love
          F                       G
And it's three for the fire that burns down below
F    G       Am
Roll on Northumbria
F         G         Am
Roll Northumbria Roll

Instrumental:
Am Dm Am F Dm Am F G Am

Chorus:
F                            G
And it's one for the hot sun above
Em                    Am
Two for the empire we love
          F                       G
And it's three for the fire that burns down below
F    G       Am
Roll on Northumbria
F         G         Am
Roll Northumbria Roll

Verse 5:
Am
So come all ya good workmen beware the command
Am                               Dm         Am
That comes down on high from the desk of a man
F                          Dm           Am
Who's never held steel or torch in his hands
Em                Am
Roll Northumbria Roll

Verse 6:
Am
For atop a wild breaker the cracks in her frame
Am                          Dm              Am
Spilled her black guts all across the wild Maine
F                           Dm       Am
She limped away through an ocean of flame
Em                 Am
Roll Northumbria Roll me boys
Em                 Am
Roll Northumbria Roll


Chorus:
F                            G
And it's one for the hot sun above
Em                    Am
Two for the empire we love
           F                      G
And it's three for the fire that burns down below
F    G       Am
Roll on Northumbria
F         G         Am
Roll Northumbria Roll