7. Rolling Down the Hole (J.R.R.Tolkien)

D G C D

  D         G
Roll-roll-roll-roll,
  C                A7
Roll-roll-rolling down the hole
  D          G
Heave ho! Splash plump!
  C             A        A7
Down they go, down they bump!
  D                    C
Down the swift dark stream you go
  D                 C
Back to lands you once did know!
  Em                    A
Leave the halls and caverns deep,
  Em                  A
Leave the northern mountains steep,
  D               C
Where the forest wide and dim
   D               C
Stoops in shadow grey and grim!
   Em              A
Float beyond the world of trees
 Em              A
Out into the whispering breeze,
  D               C
Past the rushes, past the reeds,
  D               C
Past the marsh's waving weeds,
   Em                   A(?)
Through the mist that riseth white
 Em               A
Up from mere and pool at night!
   D              C
Follow, follow stars that leap
 D              C
Up the heavens cold and steep;
  Em                  A
Turn when dawn comes over land,
 Em          A
Over rapid, over sand,
 D               G
South away! and South away!
  C                A
Seek the sunlight and the day,
   D              G
Back to pasture, back to mead,
   C                 A
Where the kine and oxen feed!
 Em             F#7
Back to gardens on the hills
  Em             F#7
Where the berry swells and fills
  H7             Em
Under sunlight, under day!
  G              A7
South away! and South away!
 D                    C
Down the swift dark stream you go
 D                 C    
Back to lands you once did know!