Hippo Stomp Chords by Steppenwolf

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_ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
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[A] _ [E] If I should go [D] astray and [F#m] say I lost my [E] way,
nobody _ [D] would know [F#m] me.
[E] But if I don't believe I [D] can and still [F#m] say him I [E] claim,
_ somebody [D] will follow [F#m] just [G#m] because it's free.
[D] _ _ [A] We're all [E] hippos rolling down [A] the river.
[E] Sometimes we can't touch [A] the ground.
[E] Like hippos sliding in [A] the water,
[E] somehow we're stumbling [A] around.
[E] Now you can see [A] me [E] lying down in my [A] swamp.
[E] Any time I feel [A] disgusted, you'll
see me [E] do the hippo stomp.
[D] _
[B] Hey, [D] each time when you're feeling [F#m] blue,
_ [E]
if you should go [D] astray and [F#m] say I lost my [E] way,
nobody [D] will know [F#m] me.
_ [E]
But if you don't believe [D] you can and still [F#m] say I'm [E] your man,
_ somebody [D] will follow [F#m] just because [G#m] it's free.
[A] _ _ We're all [E] hippos rolling down the [A] river.
Sometimes [E] we can't touch the [A] ground
Like [E] a ghost sliding in the [A] water
[E] Somehow we're stumbling [A] around
You [E] stop and watch [A] me
While [E] you're out on your bilateral
[A] [E] And I can feel the silent question
[A] What the heck [E] is the hippo stone?
[D] Let me [B] answer you
[D] Let me [B] tell you true
[F] Just how I feel [Am] when I'm down
_ _ _ [F] _ _
Sometimes [Am] I wonder
_ _ [F] You see me [Am] stumbling [F] around _
But you just [Am] point and stare
Come [F] _
_ on, let [Am] me hear you _ _
[F] _ Somewhere there's [Am] a voice down inside _
[F] And when you find it
[Am] Let it teach [F] you
How to ask the [Am] question right _ _
[F] Just because we [Am] live together
Don't mean we don't have to like each [F] other
So please don't fall asleep [Am] on me again _ _
[F] _ Nobody, [Am] nobody, nobody knows for [F] sure
You just might never wake [Am] up from a dream
[F] Hey, _ speak up [Am] and let me hear you
Hey, _
[F] let me show you [Am] around the reservation
_ I [F] know my way [Am] around these parts
I've been here long enough
[F] Now you can have a taste [Am] An indication
_ Of [F] things and times [A] to come _ _
[Am] _ _ [Bm] _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ _
[F#] _ [E] _ _ _ _ If you should go [D] astray
And [F#m] say I lost my [E] way
Nobody [D] will know you
[E] But if you don't believe you [D] can
And still [F#m] say I'm your [E] man
Somebody _ [D] will follow
[F#m] Just because [G#m] it's free
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[E] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] Early [A] in the morning, [E] late at night
[A] _ [E] Somebody seems to [A] know
Just how this [E] thing works right
[A] _ [E] Cause every time I come [A] around the corner
[E] Somebody's looking out my [A] door
[E] He's been snooping like [A] a hound
I grab his [E] neck and shake him on [A] down
Where [E] all the folks are moving down, [A] little one
[E] Sometimes we can't touch [A] the ground
Like [E] the foals that lie in the [A] water
[E] Somehow we're stumbling [A] around
Where all [E] the folks are moving down, [A] little one
Sometimes [E] we can't touch the [A] ground
Like [E] the foals that lie in the [A] water
Somehow [E] we're stumbling [A] around
Where all [E] the folks are moving down
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