The Hippopotamus Song chords by Flanders And Swann

Intro:

G    Em     Am7   D


Verse 1:

 G     Em     Am7     B7
A bold hippopotamus was standing one day
    Em     A7    D   D7
On the banks of the cool Shalimar
  G      Em      Am7    B7
He gazed at the bottom as he peacefully lay
    Em      A7   D    D7
By the light of the evening star
 Dm    E      Dm     E
Away on a hilltop sat combing her hair
 Dm    E7   Am
A fair hippopotama maid
  A7   D     A7   D
The hippopotamus was no ignoramus
  Am      A7    D    D7
And sang her this sweet serenade

Chorus:

G  Em  Am7   D
Mud, mud, glorious mud
    Em      A7     D      D7
There's nothing quite like it for cooling the blood
  G     G7   C      A7
So follow me follow, down to the hollow
  Am      G     D7    G   Em    Am7   D
And there let us wallow in glorious mud


Verse 2:

  G     Em    Am7    B7
The fair hippopotama he aimed to entice
     Em     A7   D   D7
From that seat on the hilltop above.
  G     Em     Am7    B7
As she hadn't got a ma to give her advice
   Em     A7     D    D7
Came tiptoeing down to her love.
   Dm     E    Dm     E
Like thunder the forest reechoed the sound
    Dm       E7      Am
Of the song that they sang as they met.
  A7  D   A7     D
His inamorata adjusted her garter
  Am     A7     D    D7
And lifted her voice in duet.


Chorus:

G  Em  Am7   D
Mud, mud, glorious mud
    Em      A7     D      D7
There's nothing quite like it for cooling the blood
  G     G7   C      A7
So follow me follow, down to the hollow
  Am      G     D7    G   Em   Am7   D
And there let us wallow in glorious mud


Verse 3:

   G     Em   Am7     B7
Then more hippopotami began to convene
    Em      A7    D   D7
On the banks of that river so wide.
 G     Em      Am7    B7
I wonder now what am I to say of the scene
   Em      A7    D    D7
That ensued by the Shalimar side.
   Dm      E      Dm       E
They dived all at once with an ear-splitting Splosh
   Dm     E7   Am
Then rose to the surface again.
 A7   D    A7   D
A regular army of hippopotami
  Am      A7     D    D7
All singing this haunting refrain.


Chorus:

G  Em  Am7   D
Mud, mud, glorious mud
    Em      A7     D      D7
There's nothing quite like it for cooling the blood
  G     G7   C      A7
So follow me follow, down to the hollow
  Am      G     D7    G
And there let us wallow in glorious mud