x...THE BALLAD OF BILBO BAGGINS... by Leonard Nimoy
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*from 'The Two Sides of Leonard Nimoy' (1968)*
Intro:
C C#, C B, C C#, C
Verse 1:
C F
In the middle of the earth, in the land of The Shire;
G7 C
Lives a brave little Hobbit, whom we all admire.
C G#
With his long wooden pipe, fuzzy, woolly toes,
G7 (n.C) C (n.C)
He lives in a Hobbit-hole and everybody knows him;
Chorus 1:
F D# G# A# C
Bilbo! (Bilbo!) Bilbo Baggins; he's only three feet tall.
F D# G7 C
Bilbo! (Bilbo!) Bilbo Baggins; the bravest little Hobbit of them all.
Interlude:
C C#, C B, C C#, C
Verse 2:
C F
Now, Hobbits are peace-lovin' folks, you know,
G7 C
They don't like to hurry, and they take things slow.
G#
They don't like to travel a-way from home;
G7 C
They just want to eat, and be left alone.
*KEY CHANGE*
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Verse 3:
C# F#
But one day, Bilbo was asked to go,
G#7 C#
On a big adventure to the caves below.
A
To help some Dwarves get back their gold,
G#7 C#
That was stolen by a dragon in the days of old.
Chorus 2:
F# E A B C#
Bilbo! (Bilbo!) Bilbo Baggins; he's only three feet tall.
F# E G#7 C#
Bilbo! (Bilbo!) Bilbo Baggins; the bravest little Hobbit of them all.
Break:
C# D
Well, he fought with the Goblins, he battled a troll,
D# E
He riddled with Gollum; a magic ring he stole.
F F#
He was chased by wolves, lost in the forest,
G G#
Es-caped in a barrel, from the Elf-King's Halls.
Chorus 3:
F# E G#7 C#
Bilbo! (Bilbo!) Bilbo Baggins; the bravest little Hobbit of them all.
Solo:
C# F# G#7 C#, C# A G#7 C#
Verse 4:
C# F#
Now he's back in his hole, in the land of The Shire;
G#7 C#
That brave little Hobbit, whom we all admire.
A
Just a-sittin' on a treasure of silver and gold;
G#7 (n.C) C# (n.C)
A-puffin' on his pipe, in his Hobbit Hole.
Chorus 4:
F# E A B C#
Bilbo! (Bilbo!) Bilbo Baggins; he's only three feet tall.
F# E G#7 C#
Bilbo! (Bilbo!) Bilbo Baggins; the bravest little Hobbit of them all.
(Repeat to Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005 ([email protected])
