Hippo Stomp Chords by Steppenwolf

[F#] _ [A] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [F#m] _ _
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[E] If I should go [D] astray [F#m] and say [A] I lost my [E] way, nobody [D] would know [F#m] me.
[E] If I don't believe I can [D] and still [F#m] say here my [E] claim, _ somebody [D] would [F#m] follow just [G#m] because it's free.
[D] _ _ [A] We're [E] all supposed to rollin' [A] down the river, [E] sometimes we can't touch [A] the ground.
[E] Life's supposed to slide in the [A] water, [E] somehow we're stumpin' [A] around.
Now [E] you can see [A] me lying [E] down in my [A] swamp, [E] anytime I feel [A] disgusted, you'll [E] see me do the hippo [D] stomp.
[B] Hey, _
[Bm] [A] try when you feel blue.
[E] If you should go [D] astray and [F#m] say I [A] lost my [E] way, nobody [D] will know [F#m] me.
[E] But if you don't believe you [D] can and still [F#m] say I'm your [E] man, _ somebody [D] will [F#m] follow just [G#m] because it's free.
[A] _ [D] _
[A] We're all [E] supposed to rollin' down [A] the river, [E] sometimes we can't touch the [A] ground.
[E] Life's supposed to slide in the [A] water, [E] somehow we're stumpin' [A] around.
You [E] stop and watch [A] me [E] while you're out on your midnight [A] roll.
[E] Get out and feel the side of [A] Christian, what the [E] heck is the hippo [D] stomp?
Let me [B] answer you, [D] let me [B] tell you the truth, [F] just how I feel [Am] when I'm down. _ _
[F] _ _ _ Sometimes [Am] I wonder, _
[F] _ you see [Am] me stumpin' [D] [F] around, will you [Am] just point and stare?
[A] _ _ [F] _ Come on, [Am] let me hear you.
_ _ [F] _ Somewhere there's [Am] a voice down inside, _ [F] and when you find it, [A] let it [F] teach you how to ask [Am] the question why. _
_ [F] Just because we live [Am] together, we don't have to like each [F] other, so please [Am] don't fall asleep on me again. _
_ [F] Nobody, _ [Am] nobody, nobody knows [F] for sure, just might never wake [Am] up from a dream. _
[F] Hey, _ [Am] speak up and let me hear you.
Hey, [F] _ let me show you around the [Am] reservation. _ _
[F] I know my way around [Am] these parts, I've been here long enough.
[F] Now you can have a taste, [Am] an indication _ [F] of things that are [A] right and wrong.
[Dm] _ _ [Am] _
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[F#m] _ _ _ [E] _ If you should go [D] astray, and [F#m] say you lost my [E] way, nobody [D] will know you.
If [E] you don't believe your [D] parents, you [F#m] say I'm your [E] man.
_ Somebody [D] will [F#m] follow just [G#m] because it's free.
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_ [E] _ Early in [A] the morning, [E] late at night, [A] [E] somebody seems [A] to know just how [E] this thing works right.
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[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'll grab his [E] neck and chase him on [A] down.
We're all [E] supposed to [A] go on down river, [E] sometimes we can't touch the [A] ground.
[E] Like it was a light in the [A] water, [E] somehow we're stomping [A] around.
We're all supposed to go on down river, [E] sometimes we can't touch [A] the ground.
[E] Like it was a light in the [A] water, [E] somehow we're stomping [A] around.
[E] We're all supposed to go on down river, sometimes we can't touch the ground.
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