Martin Pearson – The Balrog Song chords

[Verse 1]
G                                                               D     EmI've just seen a face I can't forget the time or place where we first met
                                                  CI am a balrog, he was just a beardless Istari you bet
      D        Gra ra ra ra-ra ra
G                                                              DHe came into my smoking room and called me names like Flame of Udûn
Em                                                                  CI failed to see the joke I burned his bridge but then it broke too soon
C     Gaahhhh!!!

[Chorus]
D                C                     G        D         GFalling,yes I am falling and Gandalf's falling along with me.
D                C                     G        D         GFalling,yes I am falling and Gandalf's falling along with me.

[Verse 2]
G                                                   DI got him with my whip, I made the daft old bastard slip
Em                                                              CHe grabbed onto my mane and now we're going down in flames, bad trip
      D        Gow ow ow ow-ow ow
G                                           D      EmWhat a palaver he beat seven shades of lava out of me
Em                                                    CThis freefall free-for-all is sapping all my flamability.
      D        Gow ow ow ow-ow ow

[Chorus]
D                C                     G        D         GFalling,yes I am falling and Gandalf's falling along with me.
D                C                     G        D         GFalling,yes I am falling and Gandalf's falling along with me.

[Verse  3]
G                                                           DI've done some silly things, but that's the price that evil brings
Em                                                       CAnd though I'm ages old I wish someone had told me I had wings.
        D            Gow flap ow flap-flap ow
G                                                        DLong I fell and he fell too, he tried to tell me what to do
Em                                                            CWhen he said fly you fool you see he meant it just for me not you.
        D            Gow flap ow flap-flap splash

[Chorus]
D                C                     G        D         GFalling,yes I am falling and Gandalf's falling along with me.
D                C                     G        D         GFalling,yes I am falling and Gandalf's falling along with me.

[Verse 4]
G                                                        DThrough the caverns to the top of Carathras you bet your ass
Em                                                                        CWe stopped that's not the tiring bit it's having to say tag-you're-it non stop
          D              Gnyah nyah nyah nyah-nyah nyah
G                                                        DI could have had him beat but somehow he can stand the heat
Em                                                    CI could have taken him except he had a magic ring the cheat
        D           Grar rar rar rar-rar rar

[Chorus]
D                C                     G        D         GFalling,yes I am falling and Gandalf's falling along with me.
D                C                     G        D         GFalling,yes I am falling and Gandalf's falling along with me.

[Verse 5]
G                                                             DI've ranted and I've roared, I wished I'd stayed back with my hoard.
Em                                                        CI thanked the evil lord this wizard doesn't have an elven swo--
    D  GOwww!

[Interlude]
D                       C                       G      D GFalling... ow ow ow ... falling... ow ow ow ow arrgh

[Chorus]
D                C                     G        D         GFalling,yes I am falling and Gandalf's falling along with me.
D                C                     G        D         GFalling,yes I am falling and Gandalf's falling along with me.