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...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 Ab
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 Eb Ab Bb C
Bilbo! (Bilbo!) Bilbo Baggins; he's only three feet tall.
F Eb 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.
Ab
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,
Ab7 C#
On a big adventure to the caves below.
A
To help some Dwarves get back their gold,
Ab7 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 Ab7 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,
Eb E
He riddled with Gollum; a magic ring he stole.
F F#
He was chased by wolves, lost in the forest,
G Ab
Es-caped in a barrel, from the Elf-King's Halls.
Chorus 3:
F# E Ab7 C#
Bilbo! (Bilbo!) Bilbo Baggins; the bravest little Hobbit of them all.
Solo:
C# F# Ab7 C#, C# A Ab7 C#
Verse 4:
C# F#
Now he's back in his hole, in the land of The Shire;
Ab7 C#
That brave little Hobbit, whom we all admire.
A
Just a-sittin' on a treasure of silver and gold;
Ab7 (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 Ab7 C#
Bilbo! (Bilbo!) Bilbo Baggins; the bravest little Hobbit of them all.
(Repeat to Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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C C# B F G7 Ab Eb
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x32010 x46664 x24442 133211 353433 466544 x68886
Bb F# Ab7 A E D G
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
688766 244322 464544 577655 022100 x57775 355433
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)
