Hippopotamus Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Am]There's a hip[D]popot[G]amus, [Am]a hipp[D]opotamus,
[C]a hip[Am] popo[D]tamu[C]s in m[Am]y po[D]ol[G]
A [Am]hip [D]popotamus
[Am]A hipp[D]opotam[G]us
[C]A h[Am]ippop[D]otamus i[Am]n my poo[D]l[G]
[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]
There's a book [D]by an[G]onym[C]ous
A [Am]book [D]by an[G]onym[C]ous
A [Am]book [D]by an[G]onym[Am]ous [D]in my [G]pool
There's a [Am]book [D]by anonym[Am]ous
A book [D]by anonym[Em]ous
And a [Am]hip [D]popota[Am]mus in m[D]y [G]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
acting the [E]clown
[F#]Someone must've been
taking the piss
Taking the piss and acting like [E]this
[F#]

[Verse 5]
There's a [D]painting by [Em]Hieronymus
[D]Bosch, by [Em]Hieronymus
[D]Bosch, by [Em]Hieronymus [D]in [Em]my p[Bm]ool
There's a [D]painting by [Em]Hieronymus
[D]Bosch, by [Em]Hieronymus
[D]Bosch, by [Em]Hieronymus [Am]in my[Em] poo[Bm]l[Em]

[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]
There's a [Am]Volkswagen [D]mic[Am]robus, a Volkswagen microbus, a
[D]Volkswagen microbus in my poo[Am]l
[D]A '58[Am] micr[D]ob[G]us, [D]a '58 microbus, a
[Am]'58 [D]microbus in my pool[Am]
[D][Am]

[Verse 8]
[D]A h[Am]ippie[D] i[G]s dr[Am]iving, 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
Someone wearing a slippery [E]suit
[F#]Someone must've come over the lap
Throw in a hippo and then a [E]giraffe
[F#]

[Verse 10]
There is [C]Tit[D]us [C]Andronicus, Tit[D]us Andronicus,
[C]Titus [D]Andro[C]nicus in my poo[Bm]l
There is [C]Tit[D]us Andronicus,
[C]Titus [Am]Andron[Bm]icus weari[C]ng a snork[D]el i[C]n my pool[Am][Bm]

[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]
There's a [D]woman with an [Em]abacus,
a [D]wo man with an [Em]abacus, a [D]woman with an [Em]abacus
She [D]looks [Bm]Chinese
[D]There's a woman with an [Em]abacus,
a [D]woman with an [Em]abacus, a wo[D]man with an [Em]abacus
She [D]looks [Bm]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#]Thrown in a [E]hippo, a little [C#m]Dutch [F#]art
An actor per[E]forming a
[D]Shakespearean [E]part
[F#]Summary [E]book and German[C#m]ic van[F#]
Asian [E]lady, [D]isn't it [E]grand?
[E]Yes, yes
So grand