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