The Hippopotamus Song chords by Flanders And Swann

Chords with lyrics

Intro:

G+G    E minorEm     Am7Am7   D MajorD


Verse 1:

 G+G     E minorEm     Am7Am7     B7B7
A augmentedA bold hippopotamus was standing one day
    E minorEm     A7A7    D MajorD   D7D7
On the banks of the cool Shalimar
  G+G      E minorEm      Am7Am7    B7B7
He gazed at the bottom as he peacefully lay
    E minorEm      A7A7   D MajorD    D7D7
By the light of the evening star
 DmDm    E MajorE      DmDm     E MajorE
Away on a hilltop sat combing her hair
 DmDm    E7E7   A minorAm
A augmentedA fair hippopotama maid
  A7A7   D MajorD     A7A7   D MajorD
The hippopotamus was no ignoramus
  A minorAm      A7A7    D MajorD    D7D7
And sang her this sweet serenade

Chorus:

G+G  E minorEm  Am7Am7   D MajorD
Mud, mud, glorious mud
    E minorEm      A7A7     D MajorD      D7D7
There's nothing quite like it for cooling the blood
  G+G     G7G7   C majorC      A7A7
So follow me follow, down to the hollow
  A minorAm      G+G     D7D7    G+G   E minorEm    Am7Am7   D MajorD
And there let us wallow in glorious mud


Verse 2:

  G+G     E minorEm    Am7Am7    B7B7
The fair hippopotama he aimed to entice
     E minorEm     A7A7   D MajorD   D7D7
From that seat on the hilltop above.
  G+G     E minorEm     Am7Am7    B7B7
As she hadn't got a ma to give her advice
   E minorEm     A7A7     D MajorD    D7D7
Came tiptoeing down to her love.
   DmDm     E MajorE    DmDm     E MajorE
Like thunder the forest reechoed the sound
    DmDm       E7E7      A minorAm
Of the song that they sang as they met.
  A7A7  D MajorD   A7A7     D MajorD
His inamorata adjusted her garter
  A minorAm     A7A7     D MajorD    D7D7
And lifted her voice in duet.

Chorus:

G+G  E minorEm  Am7Am7   D MajorD
Mud, mud, glorious mud
    E minorEm      A7A7     D MajorD      D7D7
There's nothing quite like it for cooling the blood
  G+G     G7G7   C majorC      A7A7
So follow me follow, down to the hollow
  A minorAm      G+G     D7D7    G+G   E minorEm   Am7Am7   D MajorD
And there let us wallow in glorious mud


Verse 3:

   G+G     E minorEm   Am7Am7     B7B7
Then more hippopotami began to convene
    E minorEm      A7A7    D MajorD   D7D7
On the banks of that river so wide.
 G+G     E minorEm      Am7Am7    B7B7
I wonder now what am I to say of the scene
   E minorEm      A7A7    D MajorD    D7D7
That ensued by the Shalimar side.
   DmDm      E MajorE      DmDm       E MajorE
They dived all at once with an ear-splitting Splosh
   DmDm     E7E7   A minorAm
Then rose to the surface again.
 A7A7   D MajorD    A7A7   D MajorD
A augmentedA regular army of hippopotami
  A minorAm      A7A7     D MajorD    D7D7
All singing this haunting refrain.


Chorus:

G+G  E minorEm  Am7Am7   D MajorD
Mud, mud, glorious mud
    E minorEm      A7A7     D MajorD      D7D7
There's nothing quite like it for cooling the blood
  G+G     G7G7   C majorC      A7A7
So follow me follow, down to the hollow
  A minorAm      G+G     D7D7    G+G
And there let us wallow in glorious mud