Hippopotamus chords by Sparks

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Verse 1
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There's a hippopotamus, a hippopotamus,
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a hip popotamus in  my pool
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A hip popotamus
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A hippopotamus
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A hippopotamus in my pool
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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
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There's a book by anonymous
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A book by anonymous
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A book by anonymous in my pool
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There's a book by anonymous
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A book by anonymous
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And a hip popotamus in my pool
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No, I've

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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?

I don't know

Verse 4
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Someone must've been
fooling around
Someone must've been
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acting the clown
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Someone must've been
taking the piss
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Taking the piss and acting like this
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Verse 5
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There's a painting by Hieronymus
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Bosch, by Hieronymus
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Bosch, by Hieronymus in my pool
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There's a painting by Hieronymus
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Bosch, by Hieronymus
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Bosch, by Hieronymus in  my  pool

Verse 6
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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
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There's a Volkswagen microbus, a Volkswagen microbus, a
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Volkswagen microbus in my pool
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A '58 microbus, a '58 microbus, a
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'58 microbus in my pool
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Verse 8
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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
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Someone must've been
acting real cute
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Someone wearing a slippery suit
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Someone must've come over the lap
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Throw in a hippo and then a giraffe
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Verse 10
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There is Titus Andronicus, Titus Andronicus,
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Titus Andronicus in my pool
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There is Titus Andronicus,
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Bm 
Titus  Andronicus wearing a  snorkel in my  pool

Verse 11
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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
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There's a woman with an abacus,
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a wo man with an abacus, a woman with an abacus
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She looks Chinese
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There's a woman with an abacus,
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a woman with an abacus, a woman with an abacus
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She looks Chinese

Verse 13
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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
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Thrown in a hippo, a little Dutch art
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An actor performing a
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Shakespearean part
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Summary book and Germanic    van
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Asian lady, isn't it grand?
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Yes, yes
So grand