Key: D major
Verse 1
and something very strange happened.
We were by an open field,
and I heard an unusual sound.
It wasn't a bird.
It wasn't a dog.
It sounded like crying
or moaning or sighing.
Can you hear it? Listen.
That's it, now look very carefully
and you'll see a bump,
a lonely little bump and he's singing.
I'm a bump, a bump, a bump, a bump,
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in the middle of the prairie,
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the land around is flat, flat, flat,
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I'm a bump that no one sees,
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just a bump that no one sees.
happy being a bump.
He longed for excitement.
He wanted to be something bigger.
And he thought, what if I was a hill?
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People would come from miles around
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to toboggan down my side.
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Sleds and cardboard boxes,
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they'd go dip and slip and slide.
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They'd shiver on my hilltop,
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drink co coa, and watch the sky.
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Then the northern lights
would dance them home
to their cozy beds and their
happy rooms.
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in the middle of the prairie.
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The land around is flat, flat, flat.
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Bm
I'm a bump that no one sees.
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Just a bump that no one sees.
I know something bigger than a hill.
What if I was a mountain?
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Five, ten, fifteen thousand feet
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My slopes would be world -famous
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to hike and ski and climb.
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and trees of every size.
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Then the yodelers from Switzerland
would practice up for weeks on end.
Little old lady, little old lady,
I'm a bump, a -dump,
a -dump, a -dump,
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in the middle of the prairie.
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The land around is flat, flat, flat.
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Bm
I'm a bump that no one sees,
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just a bump that no one sees.
What if I was a volcano?
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I'd start off very quietly
with a shimmy, shimmy shake.
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People in their houses
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would tremble with the quake
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And slowly I'd get bigger
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and glow like a red stoplight
when I got hotter
I'm a bump, ba -dump, ba -dump, bump
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In the middle of the prairie land around is flat,
flat, flat.
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I'm a bump that no one sees.
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Just a bump that no one sees.
Ah, phooey!
A bump is all I'll ever be.
Hey, what's happening?
Ow! Ouch! Be careful.
What do you think you're doing?
Well, what do you know?
Someone's decided to build
a house on me!
Hooray!
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I'm not a fierce volcano,
or a mountain, or a hill.
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And I've got dreams like everyone,
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But I think for now I'll stay right here,
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things are looking fine
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And I've got a family here with me,
a bump is all I want to be
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I'm proud to have a sign that says
Bump -a -dump -a -dump -bump
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In the middle of the prairie
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My favorite land is flat, flat, flat
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I'm as happy as can be
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I'm the bump that you can't see
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I'm as happy as can be
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I'm the bump that you can't see
Hey, it's not so bad being a bump after all!
How did you like the song?
TunerE A D G B E
ChordsD G A Bm C
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