Rolling Down the Hole Lyrics

(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 b**p!
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!