Roll Northumbria chords

[VERSE 1]
[Em]'Twasx late 65 at the old wall sea yard
[Am]Shex was commissioned to haul the black tar
[C]And builtx the Northumbria there on the bar
[Bm]Rollx Northumbria Ro[Em]llxx

[VERSE 2]
[Em]For whenx the Egyptians they closed the Red Sea
[Am]Andx call came on high from the powers that be
[C]Tox build a royal monster right down on the key
[Bm]Rollx Northumbria Ro[Em]llxx me boys
[Bm]Rollx Northumbria Ro[Em]llxx

[VERSE 3]
[Em]Carpathiax Vengeance celestial call
[Am]Shex was the tanker to out-size them all
[C]Fromx the banks of the Merci to the port of the Laul
[Bm]Rollx Northumbria Ro[Em]llxx

[VERSE 4]
[Em]Andx fair Princess Anne threw a bottle of wine
[Am]Andx watch as the giants set down in the Tyne
[C]Whatx lay ahead could no mortal divine
[Bm]Rollx Northumbria Ro[Em]llxx me boys
[Bm]Rollx Northumbria Ro[Em]llxx

[CHORUS]
[C]Andx it's one for the hot sun [D] abovex
Bma Em
Two for the empire we love
[C]Andx it's three for the fire that burns down below
Bma Em
Roll on Northumbria
[C]Rollx Northumbria Ro [Em] llxx

[INSTRUMENTAL]
[Em] xxxx [Am] xxxx [C] xxx [Bm] xxxx [C] xxx [Em] xxxx [Bm] xxxx [Em] xxxx

[CHORUS]
[C] Andx it's one for the hot sun [D] abovex
[Bm] Twox for the empire we [Em] lovex
[C] Andx it's three for the fire that burns down below
[Bm]Rollx on North[Em]umbriax
[C]Rollx Northumbria Ro[Em]llxx

[VERSE 5]
[Em]Soxx come all ya good workmen beware the command
[Am]Thatx comes down on high from the desk of a man
[C]Who'sx never held steel or torch in his hands
[Bm]Rollx Northumbria Roll

[VERSE 6]
[Em]Forx atop a wild breaker the cracks in her frame
[Am]Spilledx her black guts all across the wild Maine
[C]Andx she limped away through an ocean of flame
[Bm]Rollx Northumbria Ro[Em]llxx me boys
[Bm]Rollx Northumbria Ro[Em]llxx

[CHORUS]
[C]Andx it's one for the hot sun [D] abovex
[Bm] Twox for the empire we [Em] lovex
[C] Andx it's three for the fire that burns down below
[Bm]Rollx on North[Em]umbriax
[C]Rollx Northumbria Ro[Em]llxx