The Dreadnoughts - Roll northumbria

^Em'Twas late 65 at the old wall sea yard ^AmShe was commissioned to haul the black tar ^CAnd built the Northumbria there on the bar ^BmRoll Northumbria Ro^Emll

^EmFor when the Egyptians they closed the Red Sea ^AmAnd call came on high from the powers that be ^CTo build a royal monster right down on the key ^BmRoll Northumbria Ro^Emll me boys ^BmRoll Northumbria Ro^Emll

^EmCarpathia Vengeance celestial call ^AmShe was the tanker to out-size them all ^CFrom the banks of the Merci to the port of the Laul ^BmRoll Northumbria Ro^Emll

^EmAnd fair Princess Anne threw a bottle of wine ^AmAnd watch as the giants set down in the Tyne ^CWhat lay ahead could no mortal divine ^BmRoll Northumbria Ro^Emll me boys ^BmRoll Northumbria Ro^Emll

^CAnd it's one for the hot sun ^Dabove Bma Em Two for the empire we love ^CAnd it's three for the fire that burns down below Bma Em Roll on Northumbria ^CRoll Northumbria Ro^Emll

^CAnd it's one for the hot sun ^Dabove ^BmTwo for the empire we ^Emlove ^CAnd it's three for the fire that burns down below ^BmRoll on North^Emumbria ^CRoll Northumbria Ro^Emll

^EmSo come all ya good workmen beware the command ^AmThat comes down on high from the desk of a man ^CWho's never held steel or torch in his hands ^BmRoll Northumbria Roll

^EmFor atop a wild breaker the cracks in her frame ^AmSpilled her black guts all across the wild Maine ^CAnd she limped away through an ocean of flame ^BmRoll Northumbria Ro^Emll me boys ^BmRoll Northumbria Ro^Emll

^CAnd it's one for the hot sun ^Dabove ^BmTwo for the empire we ^Emlove ^CAnd it's three for the fire that burns down below ^BmRoll on North^Emumbria ^CRoll Northumbria Ro^Emll