...THE BALLAD OF BILBO BAGGINS... by Leonard Nimoy
---------------------------------.................

*from 'The Two Sides of Leonard Nimoy' (1968)*


*CAPO 5th FRET*

(Original Key: C)


Verse 1:

       G
In the middle of the earth,
       C
In the land of the Shire;
        D
Lives a brave little Hobbit,
        G
Whom we all admire.

         G
With his long wooden pipe,
Eb
 Fuzzywoolly toes,
   D
He lives in a Hobbit-hole,
    G (n.C)
And everybody knows him;

Chorus 1:

C
 Bilbo! (Bilbo!)
Bb
 Bilbo Baggins;
     Eb   F          G
He's only three feet tall.

C
 Bilbo! (Bilbo!)
Bb
 Bilbo Baggins;
    D
The bravest little Hobbit,
        G
Of them all.

Verse 2:

    G
Now Hobbits are,
              C
A Peace-lovin folks you know,
     D
They don't like to hurry,
         G
And they take things slow.

     G
They don't like to travel,
  Eb
A-way from home,
          D
They just want to eat,
       G
And be left alone.

*KEY CHANGE*
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Verse 3:

    Ab
But one day Bilbo,
    C#
Was asked to go;
     Eb
On a big adventure,
       Ab
To the caves below,
To help some dwarves,
    E
Get back their gold,
         Eb
That was stolen by a dragon,
       Ab
In the days of old.

Chorus 2:

C#
 Bilbo! (Bilbo!)
B
 Bilbo Baggins;
     E    F#         Bb
He's only three feet tall.

C#
 Bilbo! (Bilbo!)
B
 Bilbo Baggins;
    Eb
The bravest little Hobbit,
        Bb
Of them all.

Break:

        Ab
Well he fought with the goblins,
   A
He battled a troll,
   Bb
He riddled with Gollum,
        B
A magic ring he stole.

       C
He was chased by wolves,
C#
 Lost in the forest,
   D
Es-caped in a barrel,
         Eb
From the Elf-king's halls.

*KEY CHANGE*
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Chorus 3:

C
 Bilbo! (Bilbo!)
Bb
 Bilbo Baggins;
     Eb   F          G
He's only three feet tall.

C
 Bilbo! (Bilbo!)
Bb
 Bilbo Baggins;
    D
The bravest little Hobbit,
        G
Of them all.

Solo:

G  C  D  G
G  Eb  D  G

Verse 4:

    G
Now he's back in his hole,
       C
In the land of the Shire,
     D
That brave little Hobbit,
        G
Whom we all admire.

       G
Just a-sittin' on a treasure,
   Eb
Of silver and gold,
  D
A-puffin' on his pipe,
       G
In his hobbit-hole.

Chorus 4:

C
 Bilbo! (Bilbo!)
Bb
 Bilbo Baggins;
     Eb   F          G
He's only three feet tall.

C
 Bilbo! (Bilbo!)
Bb
 Bilbo Baggins;
    D
The bravest little Hobbit,
        G
Of them all.

(Repeat to Fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   G       C       D       Eb      Bb      F

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 320003  x32010  xx0232  6654xx  x13331  133211

   Ab      C#      E       B       F#      A

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 466544  x46664  022100  x24442  244322  x02220


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)