Hippopotamus chords by
Sparks
Sparks

N/A77 views
Key: D minor
Verse 1
Am
Am

D
D

G
G

Am
Am

D
D

There's a hippopotamus, a hippopotamus,
C
C

Am
Am

D
D

C
C

Am
Am

D
D

G
G

a hip popotamus in my pool
Am
Am

D
D

A hip popotamus
Am
Am

D
D

G
G

A hippopotamus
C
C

Am
Am

D
D

Am
Am

D
D

G
G

A hippopotamus in my pool
Am
Am

How did it get there? How did it
get there? How did it get there?
I don't know
How did it get there? How did it
get there? How did it get there?
I don't know
Verse 2
D
D

G
G

C
C

There's a book by anonymous
Am
Am

D
D

G
G

C
C

A book by anonymous
Am
Am

D
D

G
G

Am
Am

D
D

G
G

A book by anonymous in my pool
Am
Am

D
D

Am
Am

There's a book by anonymous
D
D

Em
Em

A book by anonymous
Am
Am

D
D

Am
Am

D
D

G
G

And a hip popotamus in my pool
Am
Am

No, I've
Verse 3
not read it
No, I've not read it
When it dries out I'll have a go
How did it get there?
How did it get there?
How did it get there?
I don't know
Verse 4
F#
F#

Someone must've been
fooling around
Someone must've been
E
E

acting the clown
F#
F#

Someone must've been
taking the piss
E
E

Taking the piss and acting like this
F#
F#

Verse 5
D
D

Em
Em

There's a painting by Hieronymus
D
D

Em
Em

Bosch, by Hieronymus
D
D

Em
Em

D
D

Em
Em

Bm
Bm

Bosch, by Hieronymus in my pool
D
D

Em
Em

There's a painting by Hieronymus
D
D

Em
Em

Bosch, by Hieronymus
D
D

Em
Em

Am
Am

Em
Em

Bm
Bm

Em
Em

Bosch, by Hieronymus in my pool
Verse 6
Am
Am

How did it get there?
How did it get there?
How did it get there?
Sure beats me
Must be a late work, must be a late work,
one of his late works
Obviously!
Verse 7
Am
Am

D
D

Am
Am

There's a Volkswagen microbus, a Volkswagen microbus, a
D
D

Am
Am

Volkswagen microbus in my pool
D
D

Am
Am

D
D

G
G

D
D

A '58 microbus, a '58 microbus, a
Am
Am

D
D

Am
Am

'58 microbus in my pool
D
D

Am
Am

Verse 8
D
D

Am
Am

D
D

G
G

Am
Am

A hippie is driving, a hippie is driving,
a trippy old hippie poor, poor guy
A hippie is driving, a hippie is driving,
I throw him a towel
Here, go get dry
Verse 9
F#
F#

Someone must've been
acting real cute
E
E

Someone wearing a slippery suit
F#
F#

Someone must've come over the lap
E
E

Throw in a hippo and then a giraffe
F#
F#

Verse 10
C
C

D
D

C
C

D
D

There is Titus Andronicus, Titus Andronicus,
C
C

D
D

C
C

Bm
Bm

Titus Andronicus in my pool
C
C

D
D

There is Titus Andronicus,
C
C

Am
Am

Bm
Bm

C
C

D
D

C
C

Am
Am

Bm
Bm

Titus Andronicus wearing a snorkel in my pool
Verse 11
Am
Am

Now he's gone under, now he's gone under,
now he's gone under
Worry not
Excellent swimmer, excellent swimmer,
looking much trimmer
Than I thought
Verse 12
D
D

Em
Em

There's a woman with an abacus,
D
D

Em
Em

D
D

Em
Em

a wo man with an abacus, a woman with an abacus
D
D

Bm
Bm

She looks Chinese
D
D

Em
Em

There's a woman with an abacus,
D
D

Em
Em

D
D

Em
Em

a woman with an abacus, a woman with an abacus
D
D

Bm
Bm

She looks Chinese
Verse 13
Am
Am

Not that I'm prejudiced
Not that I'm prejudiced
Not that I'm prejudiced, no, not me
Not that I'm prejudiced
Not that I'm prejudiced
Not that I'm prejudiced
Verse 14
That's not me
F#
F#

E
E

C#m
C#m

F#
F#

Thrown in a hippo, a little Dutch art
E
E

An actor performing a
D
D

E
E

Shakespearean part
F#
F#

E
E

C#m
C#m

F#
F#

Summary book and Germanic van
E
E

D
D

E
E

Asian lady, isn't it grand?
E
E

Yes, yes
So grand

How did you like the song?

You need to to leave a rating.
TunerE A D G B E
ChordsAm D G C Em...

More songs by Sparks

Discover chords for more songs to play

155 More
Todd Rundgren and Sparks

Your Fandango

Sparks and Les Rita Mitsouko

Singing in the Shower

Sparks

Sherlock Holmes

Sparks

Rockin' Girls

Sparks

Mickey Mouse

Sparks

With All My Might

Sparks

those mysteries

Related songs

Discover chords for more songs to play

800K+ More
Todd Rundgren and Sparks

Your Fandango

Todd Rundgren and Sparks

Jason Mraz

I'm Yours

Jason Mraz

4.8

Ed Sheeran

Perfect

Ed Sheeran

4.8

Kansas

Dust In The Wind

Kansas

4.7

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Sweet Home Alabama

Lynyrd Skynyrd

4.6

Queen

Crazy Little Thing Called Love

Queen

4.7

Green Day

Boulevard Of Broken Dreams

Green Day

4.8

Popular chords globally

Most played chords & tabs across all users

100 More

1

Perfect

Ed Sheeran

4.8

2

Creep

Radiohead

4.9

3

Yellow

Coldplay

4.8

4

Boulevard Of Broken Dreams

Green Day

4.8

5

Zombie

The Cranberries

4.8

6

Wonderwall

Oasis

4.8

7

Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Bob Dylan

4.8

Recently added

Recently added chords & tabs

22K+ More

Problems

Lil Peep

Mourir sur scène

Dalida

Even In Arcadia

Sleep Token

Hab 'ne Tante aus Marokko

Kinderlieder-Superstar

Cafuné

Micro TDH

Past Self

Sleep Token

YUKON

Justin Bieber