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!