Viking Rock chords by Matthew Holmes

• Tuning: Standard tuning
• Difficulty: Beginner

SONG:   VIKING ROCK
ARTIST: MATTHEW HOLMES
TAB BY: DON CZARSKI
EMAIL:  GUITARZAN7@HOTMAIL.COM


                        VIKING ROCK
                      MATTHEW HOLMES


INTRO:
    G                         C  G  G
E ------------------|--7h8p7-----------|
B ------------------|------------------|
G --7------------7--|--7h9p7--5--7--7--|
D --5---------------|---------5--5--5--|
A -------P.M.-------|------------------|
E -----3-3-3-3-3----|------------------|

  G                       C  G  G
E --------------|--7h8p7-----------|
B --------------|------------------|
G -----------7--|--7h9p7--5--7--7--|
D --------------|---------5--5--5--|
A -----P.M.-----|------------------|
E --3-3-3-3-3---|------------------|


VERSE:
 G                C     G          G C G
We’re the Vikings on a raid, yeah!
 G                     C     G          G C G
Christian monks better be afraid, yeah!

 Em        D             C         G
Longships sail from the Northern shores
Better run!

        Em       D              C        G
And we land in Britain with a great big roar!
Better hide!

       Em        D              C          G
We’ll take your gold and we’ll take your chains

           C                        D
And we’ll make you thralls to the mighty Danes!


CHORUS:
 G
Viking Rock!
 D
Viking Roll!
 C                             D
Raiders from the North in the days of old.

 G
Viking Rock!
 D
Viking Roll!
          C
With the power of Odin and the (clap, clap)
 D       G
Love of gold.

    G                    C       G  G
E ------------------|--7h8p7-----------|
B ------------------|------------------|
G --7------------7--|--7h9p7--5--7--7--|
D --5---------------|---------5--5--5--|
A -------P.M.-------|------------------|
E -----3-3-3-3-3----|------------------|

  G                  C       G  G
E --------------|--7h8p7-----------|
B --------------|------------------|
G -----------7--|--7h9p7--5--7--7--|
D --------------|---------5--5--5--|
A -----P.M.-----|------------------|
E --3-3-3-3-3---|------------------|


VERSE:
G                     C        G
We sailed home with treasure hoards, yeah!
 G
Viking Rock!
 C             G
Take me to Valhalla.

 G                         C        G
Combed our beards polished up our swords, yeah!
 G
Viking Rock!
 C             G
Take me to Valhalla.

 Em       D         C            G
Roasting meat on a spit tastes great,
Fireside.

        Em          D             C         G
So we stuffed our faces drinking mead ’til late.
Warm inside.

Em        D          C    G
I showed off all my jewelry
          C                           D
And the Scalds told tales while they laughed at me.


CHORUS:
 G
Viking Rock!
 D
Viking Roll!
 C                             D
Raiders from the North in the days of old.

 G
Viking Rock!
 D
Viking Roll!
          C
With the power of Odin and the (clap, clap)
 D       G
Love of gold.


BREAK:
 G
Viking Rock!
     C
Northumbria!
 G
Viking Rock!
      C
East Anglia!

 A
Viking Rock!
 D
Mercia!
 A
Watch out Wessex,
       E
We’re coming to get ya!


VERSE:
 A                D       A
Home is crowded, land is poor, yeah!
 D            A             D
Viking Rock! Take me to Valhalla.

 A                          D         A
Britain’s warm, think I’ll stay some more, yeah!
 D            A              D
Viking Rock! Take me to Valhalla.

 F#m      E             D          A
Build my longhouse and farm these lands.
Settle down.

       F#m          E                  D     A
Gonna drive Thor’s hammer through the Saxon bands.
Heading South.

     F#m      E            D       A
King Alfred, pray to your God and wait,
        D                     E
’Cause Guthrun’s coming with all his mates...


CHORUS:
 A
Viking Rock!
 E
Viking Roll!
 D                             E
Raiders from the north in the days of old.

 A
Viking Rock!
 E
Viking Roll!
          D
With the power of Odin and the (clap. clap)
 E      (A)   Am
Love of gold.