"Frodo to Gollum"
lyrics and music by Benjamin Newman

/ Am C G Am / - G Am - / F G (C) Am / G - E - /

I asked Galadriel why the Ring
Did not grant the power to me
To know and command the will and the hand
That bore the Nine and the Three.

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	She said in answer, I must not try,
	Lest I should myself be undone:
	My will I must custom to dominate
	If ever I'd master the One.

Then you came to me and you swore to serve --
And truly I needed your aid --
And you swore the only oath you could swear,
And so was your destiny made.

	Did you think on how it might twist your words,
	When first you swore by this thing?
	Will you serve the Precious's Master
	Or will you serve the Lord of the Ring?

Do not say again you shall have it back --
I tell you this cannot be so!
You swore to serve the Precious's Master,
And it mastered you long ago.

	In the last need I should put it on,
	And wearing it I would command,
	And you would obey, even to your death,
	If ever the Fire were at hand.

Those were the words that I spoke to you
When we stood at the Enemy's gate.
I spoke them in pity and warning then,
But now I will speak them in hate:

	If ever again you lay hand on me,
	Then into the Fire you shall fall!
	And so, by this Ring, I command your doom,
	And so -- by this Ring? -- save us all.