Hippopotamus

Hippopotamus easy guitar chords by Sparks

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 5

Capo

Transpose

0

Capo
  • Am

  • D

  • G

  • C

  • Em

  • F#

    2
  • E

  • Bm

    2
  • C#m

    4
  • Am

  • D

  • G

  • C

  • Em

  • F#

    2
  • E

  • Bm

    2
  • C#m

    4
  • Verse 1
    Am
    D
    G
    Am
    D

    There's a hippopotamus, a hippopotamus,
    C
    Am
    D
    C
    Am
    D
    G

    a hip popotamus in my pool
    Am
    D

    A hip popotamus
    Am
    D
    G

    A hippopotamus
    C
    Am
    D
    Am
    D
    G

    A hippopotamus in my pool
    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
    G
    C

    There's a book by anonymous
    Am
    D
    G
    C

    A book by anonymous
    Am
    D
    G
    Am
    D
    G

    A book by anonymous in my pool
    Am
    D
    Am

    There's a book by anonymous
    D
    Em

    A book by anonymous
    Am
    D
    Am
    D
    G

    And a hip popotamus in my pool
    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#

    Someone must've been

    fooling around

    Someone must've been
    E

    acting the clown
    F#

    Someone must've been

    taking the piss
    E

    Taking the piss and acting like this
    F#
    Verse 5

    D
    Em

    There's a painting by Hieronymus
    D
    Em

    Bosch, by Hieronymus
    D
    Em
    D
    Em
    Bm

    Bosch, by Hieronymus in my pool
    D
    Em

    There's a painting by Hieronymus
    D
    Em

    Bosch, by Hieronymus
    D
    Em
    Am
    Em
    Bm
    Em

    Bosch, by Hieronymus in my pool
    Verse 6
    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
    D
    Am

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

    Volkswagen microbus in my pool
    D
    Am
    D
    G
    D

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

    '58 microbus in my pool
    D
    Am
    Verse 8

    D
    Am
    D
    G
    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#

    Someone must've been

    acting real cute
    E

    Someone wearing a slippery suit
    F#

    Someone must've come over the lap
    E

    Throw in a hippo and then a giraffe
    F#
    Verse 10

    C
    D
    C
    D

    There is Titus Andronicus, Titus Andronicus,
    C
    D
    C
    Bm

    Titus Andronicus in my pool
    C
    D

    There is Titus Andronicus,
    C
    Am
    Bm
    C
    D
    C
    Am
    Bm

    Titus Andronicus wearing a snorkel in my pool
    Verse 11
    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
    Em

    There's a woman with an abacus,
    D
    Em
    D
    Em

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

    She looks Chinese
    D
    Em

    There's a woman with an abacus,
    D
    Em
    D
    Em

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

    She looks Chinese
    Verse 13
    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#
    E
    C#m
    F#

    Thrown in a hippo, a little Dutch art
    E

    An actor performing a
    D
    E

    Shakespearean part
    F#
    E
    C#m
    F#

    Summary book and Germanic van
    E
    D
    E

    Asian lady, isn't it grand?
    E

    Yes, yes

    So grand

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