Chords for Leslie Fish - Bashing The Balrog
Tempo:
127.2 bpm
Chords used:
Am
E
G
C
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Bb] [Am] [Em]
[E] It [Am] is always quite foolhardy [C] for a young and ill trained party, [D] together at a clavern, [E] and to say,
[Am] We have had it [F] with our teachers, [G] let's go off and kill some [E] creatures, [Am] and find a ton of gold to haul away.
[C] And that is called bashing [G] the balrog, [Am] and [C] people who long [Bm] to [E] attack,
[C] think once they have [G] bashed on the balrog, [F] the [E] balrog will not [Am] bash them back.
It is [E] equally [Am] foolhardy [C] for that armed and eager party, [D] to win one lucky battle [E] and feel sure,
[Am] We have [F] polished off a [G] goblin, but he left our fighter [E] hobbling, perhaps [Am] this magic [Em] potion [Am] is the cure.
[C] And that can make [G] bashing the balrog,
[Am] too much for the cleric [E] and elf,
[Am] who find [C] when they're [G] facing the balrog, [F] that their [E] fighter is not [Am] quite himself.
It [E] is even more [Am] foolhardy [C] for the changed and weakened party, [D] to stare back at the balrog [E] and to say,
[Am] We can zap and [F] we can bite you, [G] we are quite prepared [E] to fight you, [Am] we suggest you turn around and fly away.
[C] And that's called insulting [G] the balrog, [Am] for balrogs aren't easy [E] to bluff,
[C] they know with a competent [G] balrog, [F] no [E] army is half [Am] strong enough.
[E] [Am]
[E] And it's just a bit [Am] too tardy, [C] when a member of the party [D] succeeds in his IQ goal [E] and exclaims,
[A] Try a light spell [F] or entangle, [G] while I get [E] a better angle, [Am] for I think I know [E] a way to douse [Am] his flame.
[C] And that is called [G] fleeing the balrog, [Am] and those who are [E] wiser agree,
[C] while comrades are [G] bashing the balrog, [F] it's safest [E] to go [Am] climb a tree.
It's [E] almost as [Am] [C] foolhardy for the others in the party, [D] to bravely join the fray [E] with spell and sword.
[Am] It has no chance of [F] destroying, [G] at the worst [E] you'll be annoying, and at best you'll keep [Em] the foe [Am] from being bored.
[C] And that is called [G] bashing the balrog, [Am] but should any [E] witness survive,
[C] you'll see once you've bashed [G] on the balrog, [F] the [E] balrog will see in you alive.
[Am] [G] [Em]
[Am]
So no [E] matter [Am] just how hardy, [C] be the fools within your party, [D] and no matter just how lucrative [E] your aim,
[Am] if it ever [F] is suggested [G] you can get by [E] unmolested, you should rise and pound the table [Am] and exclaim,
[C]
he never can win [G] against balrog,
[Am] however the [E] dice might be tossed.
[Am] For the rules of this game [Em] are obscure and arcane, [Am] and the [E] party that plays it is [G] lost, lost, [D] lost.
[Am] The party [E] that plays it [Am] is lost.
[E] It [Am] is always quite foolhardy [C] for a young and ill trained party, [D] together at a clavern, [E] and to say,
[Am] We have had it [F] with our teachers, [G] let's go off and kill some [E] creatures, [Am] and find a ton of gold to haul away.
[C] And that is called bashing [G] the balrog, [Am] and [C] people who long [Bm] to [E] attack,
[C] think once they have [G] bashed on the balrog, [F] the [E] balrog will not [Am] bash them back.
It is [E] equally [Am] foolhardy [C] for that armed and eager party, [D] to win one lucky battle [E] and feel sure,
[Am] We have [F] polished off a [G] goblin, but he left our fighter [E] hobbling, perhaps [Am] this magic [Em] potion [Am] is the cure.
[C] And that can make [G] bashing the balrog,
[Am] too much for the cleric [E] and elf,
[Am] who find [C] when they're [G] facing the balrog, [F] that their [E] fighter is not [Am] quite himself.
It [E] is even more [Am] foolhardy [C] for the changed and weakened party, [D] to stare back at the balrog [E] and to say,
[Am] We can zap and [F] we can bite you, [G] we are quite prepared [E] to fight you, [Am] we suggest you turn around and fly away.
[C] And that's called insulting [G] the balrog, [Am] for balrogs aren't easy [E] to bluff,
[C] they know with a competent [G] balrog, [F] no [E] army is half [Am] strong enough.
[E] [Am]
[E] And it's just a bit [Am] too tardy, [C] when a member of the party [D] succeeds in his IQ goal [E] and exclaims,
[A] Try a light spell [F] or entangle, [G] while I get [E] a better angle, [Am] for I think I know [E] a way to douse [Am] his flame.
[C] And that is called [G] fleeing the balrog, [Am] and those who are [E] wiser agree,
[C] while comrades are [G] bashing the balrog, [F] it's safest [E] to go [Am] climb a tree.
It's [E] almost as [Am] [C] foolhardy for the others in the party, [D] to bravely join the fray [E] with spell and sword.
[Am] It has no chance of [F] destroying, [G] at the worst [E] you'll be annoying, and at best you'll keep [Em] the foe [Am] from being bored.
[C] And that is called [G] bashing the balrog, [Am] but should any [E] witness survive,
[C] you'll see once you've bashed [G] on the balrog, [F] the [E] balrog will see in you alive.
[Am] [G] [Em]
[Am]
So no [E] matter [Am] just how hardy, [C] be the fools within your party, [D] and no matter just how lucrative [E] your aim,
[Am] if it ever [F] is suggested [G] you can get by [E] unmolested, you should rise and pound the table [Am] and exclaim,
[C]
he never can win [G] against balrog,
[Am] however the [E] dice might be tossed.
[Am] For the rules of this game [Em] are obscure and arcane, [Am] and the [E] party that plays it is [G] lost, lost, [D] lost.
[Am] The party [E] that plays it [Am] is lost.
Key:
Am
E
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Am
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[Bb] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
[E] _ _ It [Am] is always quite foolhardy [C] for a young and ill trained party, [D] together at a clavern, [E] and to say,
_ [Am] We have had it [F] with our teachers, [G] let's go off and kill some [E] creatures, [Am] and find a ton of gold to haul away.
_ [C] And that is called bashing [G] the balrog, [Am] and [C] people who long [Bm] to [E] attack,
_ [C] think once they have [G] bashed on the balrog, [F] the [E] balrog will not [Am] bash them back. _ _ _ _ _
It is [E] equally [Am] foolhardy [C] for that armed and eager party, [D] to win one lucky battle [E] and feel sure,
[Am] We have [F] polished off a [G] goblin, but he left our fighter [E] hobbling, perhaps [Am] this magic [Em] potion [Am] is the cure. _ _
[C] And that can make [G] bashing the balrog, _
[Am] too much for the cleric [E] and elf, _
[Am] who find [C] when they're [G] facing the balrog, [F] that their [E] fighter is not [Am] quite himself. _
_ _ _ It [E] is even more [Am] foolhardy [C] for the changed and weakened party, [D] to stare back at the balrog [E] and to say,
_ [Am] We can zap and [F] we can bite you, [G] we are quite prepared [E] to fight you, [Am] we suggest you turn around and fly away.
_ [C] And that's called insulting [G] the balrog, [Am] for balrogs aren't easy [E] to bluff,
_ _ [C] they know with a competent [G] _ balrog, [F] no [E] army is half [Am] strong enough.
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ And it's just a bit [Am] too tardy, [C] when a member of the party [D] succeeds in his IQ goal [E] and _ exclaims,
[A] Try a light spell [F] or entangle, [G] while I get [E] a better angle, [Am] for I think I know [E] a way to douse [Am] his flame.
_ [C] And that is called [G] fleeing the balrog, _ [Am] and those who are [E] wiser agree,
_ _ [C] while comrades are [G] bashing the balrog, [F] it's safest [E] to go [Am] climb a tree. _ _ _ _ _
It's [E] almost as [Am] [C] foolhardy for the others in the party, [D] to bravely join the fray [E] with spell and sword.
[Am] It has no chance of [F] destroying, [G] at the worst [E] you'll be annoying, and at best you'll keep [Em] the foe [Am] from being bored. _
[C] And that is called [G] bashing the balrog, [Am] but should any [E] witness survive, _
[C] you'll see once you've bashed [G] on the balrog, [F] the [E] balrog will see in you alive. _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Em] _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
So no [E] matter [Am] just how hardy, [C] be the fools within your party, [D] and no matter just how lucrative [E] your aim,
[Am] if it ever [F] is suggested [G] you can get by [E] unmolested, you should rise and pound the table [Am] and exclaim,
[C]
he never can win [G] against balrog, _
[Am] however the [E] dice might be tossed. _
[Am] For the rules of this game [Em] are obscure and arcane, [Am] and the [E] party that plays it is [G] lost, lost, [D] lost.
[Am] The party [E] that plays it [Am] is lost. _ _
[E] _ _ It [Am] is always quite foolhardy [C] for a young and ill trained party, [D] together at a clavern, [E] and to say,
_ [Am] We have had it [F] with our teachers, [G] let's go off and kill some [E] creatures, [Am] and find a ton of gold to haul away.
_ [C] And that is called bashing [G] the balrog, [Am] and [C] people who long [Bm] to [E] attack,
_ [C] think once they have [G] bashed on the balrog, [F] the [E] balrog will not [Am] bash them back. _ _ _ _ _
It is [E] equally [Am] foolhardy [C] for that armed and eager party, [D] to win one lucky battle [E] and feel sure,
[Am] We have [F] polished off a [G] goblin, but he left our fighter [E] hobbling, perhaps [Am] this magic [Em] potion [Am] is the cure. _ _
[C] And that can make [G] bashing the balrog, _
[Am] too much for the cleric [E] and elf, _
[Am] who find [C] when they're [G] facing the balrog, [F] that their [E] fighter is not [Am] quite himself. _
_ _ _ It [E] is even more [Am] foolhardy [C] for the changed and weakened party, [D] to stare back at the balrog [E] and to say,
_ [Am] We can zap and [F] we can bite you, [G] we are quite prepared [E] to fight you, [Am] we suggest you turn around and fly away.
_ [C] And that's called insulting [G] the balrog, [Am] for balrogs aren't easy [E] to bluff,
_ _ [C] they know with a competent [G] _ balrog, [F] no [E] army is half [Am] strong enough.
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ And it's just a bit [Am] too tardy, [C] when a member of the party [D] succeeds in his IQ goal [E] and _ exclaims,
[A] Try a light spell [F] or entangle, [G] while I get [E] a better angle, [Am] for I think I know [E] a way to douse [Am] his flame.
_ [C] And that is called [G] fleeing the balrog, _ [Am] and those who are [E] wiser agree,
_ _ [C] while comrades are [G] bashing the balrog, [F] it's safest [E] to go [Am] climb a tree. _ _ _ _ _
It's [E] almost as [Am] [C] foolhardy for the others in the party, [D] to bravely join the fray [E] with spell and sword.
[Am] It has no chance of [F] destroying, [G] at the worst [E] you'll be annoying, and at best you'll keep [Em] the foe [Am] from being bored. _
[C] And that is called [G] bashing the balrog, [Am] but should any [E] witness survive, _
[C] you'll see once you've bashed [G] on the balrog, [F] the [E] balrog will see in you alive. _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Em] _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
So no [E] matter [Am] just how hardy, [C] be the fools within your party, [D] and no matter just how lucrative [E] your aim,
[Am] if it ever [F] is suggested [G] you can get by [E] unmolested, you should rise and pound the table [Am] and exclaim,
[C]
he never can win [G] against balrog, _
[Am] however the [E] dice might be tossed. _
[Am] For the rules of this game [Em] are obscure and arcane, [Am] and the [E] party that plays it is [G] lost, lost, [D] lost.
[Am] The party [E] that plays it [Am] is lost. _ _