Chords for The Hippopotamus Song (Mud, Mud, Glorious Mud)
Tempo:
88.125 bpm
Chords used:
D
A
G
Am
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[G] [D] [Am] [D] [G] A bold [Am] Hippopotamus was [C] standing [Bm] one [Em] day on the banks [A] of the cool [D] Shalimar.
[G] He gazed at the bottom [Am] as he peacefully [Bm] lay [Em] by the light [A] of the [D] evening star.
[Am]
Away [Em] on a [F] hilltop sat combing [E] her [Am] hair, his fair Hippopotamus maid.
[A]
[D] The [A] Hippopotamus was no [D] [Am] ignoramus and sang her [A] this sweet [D] serenade.
[G]
Mud, mud, [C] [D] glorious mud, [G]
nothing [Em] quite like [A] it for [D] cooling the blood.
[G] So follow me, follow, [Am] down to the hollow [C] and there let [G] us [A] wallow in [D] [G] glorious mud.
[G] [C] [D] [G] The fair [Am] Hippopotamus he came to [Bm] [Em] entice from her seat on [A] that [D] hilltop above.
[G] As she hadn't got [Am] a ma to give her [Bm] advice, [Em] came [A] tiptoeing down [D] to her love.
[Am] Like thunder [Em] the [F] forest re-echoed [E] the [Am] sound of the song that they sang when they met.
[A] His inner [D] [A] maratha adjusted [D] her [Am] gata and lifted [A] her [D] voice in duet.
[G]
Mud, mud, [Am] glorious [D] mud, [G]
nothing [Em] quite like [A] it for [D] cooling the blood.
[G] So follow me, follow, [C] down to the hollow and there let [G] us [A] wallow in [D] [G] glorious mud.
[G] [C] [D] [G] Now more [Am] Hippopotami began to [Bm] [Em] convene on the banks of [A] that river [D] so wide.
[G] I wonder now what am [Am] I to say of [Bm] the scene [Em] that ensued by [A] the [D] Shalimar side.
[Am] They dived all [Em] at [F] once with an ear [E]-splitting sposh, [Am] then rose to the surface again.
[A] A regular [D] [A] army of [D] [Am] Hippopotami all singing [A] this [D] haunting refrain.
[Am] [G]
Mud, mud, [C] glorious [D] mud, [G]
nothing [Em] quite like [A] it for [D] cooling the blood.
[G] So follow me, follow, [C] down to the hollow and there let [G] us [A] wallow in [D] [G] glorious mud.
Mud, [C] [D] [A]
[Bm] [E] [A]
[Bm] glorious [E] mud, [A] nothing [F#m] quite like [G#m] it for cooling [E] the blood.
[A] So follow me, follow, [Bm] down to the hollow [D] and there let [A] us [B] wallow in [E] [A] glorious mud.
[D] [E] [A]
[G] He gazed at the bottom [Am] as he peacefully [Bm] lay [Em] by the light [A] of the [D] evening star.
[Am]
Away [Em] on a [F] hilltop sat combing [E] her [Am] hair, his fair Hippopotamus maid.
[A]
[D] The [A] Hippopotamus was no [D] [Am] ignoramus and sang her [A] this sweet [D] serenade.
[G]
Mud, mud, [C] [D] glorious mud, [G]
nothing [Em] quite like [A] it for [D] cooling the blood.
[G] So follow me, follow, [Am] down to the hollow [C] and there let [G] us [A] wallow in [D] [G] glorious mud.
[G] [C] [D] [G] The fair [Am] Hippopotamus he came to [Bm] [Em] entice from her seat on [A] that [D] hilltop above.
[G] As she hadn't got [Am] a ma to give her [Bm] advice, [Em] came [A] tiptoeing down [D] to her love.
[Am] Like thunder [Em] the [F] forest re-echoed [E] the [Am] sound of the song that they sang when they met.
[A] His inner [D] [A] maratha adjusted [D] her [Am] gata and lifted [A] her [D] voice in duet.
[G]
Mud, mud, [Am] glorious [D] mud, [G]
nothing [Em] quite like [A] it for [D] cooling the blood.
[G] So follow me, follow, [C] down to the hollow and there let [G] us [A] wallow in [D] [G] glorious mud.
[G] [C] [D] [G] Now more [Am] Hippopotami began to [Bm] [Em] convene on the banks of [A] that river [D] so wide.
[G] I wonder now what am [Am] I to say of [Bm] the scene [Em] that ensued by [A] the [D] Shalimar side.
[Am] They dived all [Em] at [F] once with an ear [E]-splitting sposh, [Am] then rose to the surface again.
[A] A regular [D] [A] army of [D] [Am] Hippopotami all singing [A] this [D] haunting refrain.
[Am] [G]
Mud, mud, [C] glorious [D] mud, [G]
nothing [Em] quite like [A] it for [D] cooling the blood.
[G] So follow me, follow, [C] down to the hollow and there let [G] us [A] wallow in [D] [G] glorious mud.
Mud, [C] [D] [A]
[Bm] [E] [A]
[Bm] glorious [E] mud, [A] nothing [F#m] quite like [G#m] it for cooling [E] the blood.
[A] So follow me, follow, [Bm] down to the hollow [D] and there let [A] us [B] wallow in [E] [A] glorious mud.
[D] [E] [A]
Key:
D
A
G
Am
Em
D
A
G
[G] _ [D] _ [Am] _ _ [D] [G] A bold [Am] Hippopotamus was [C] standing [Bm] one [Em] day on the banks [A] of the cool [D] Shalimar.
[G] He gazed at the bottom [Am] as he peacefully [Bm] lay [Em] by the light [A] of the [D] evening star.
[Am]
Away [Em] on a [F] hilltop sat combing [E] her [Am] hair, his fair Hippopotamus maid.
[A] _ _
[D] The [A] Hippopotamus was no [D] [Am] ignoramus and sang her [A] this sweet [D] _ serenade.
[G]
Mud, mud, [C] _ [D] glorious mud, [G]
nothing [Em] quite like [A] it for [D] cooling the blood.
[G] So follow me, follow, [Am] down to the hollow [C] and there let [G] us [A] wallow in _ [D] [G] glorious mud.
[G] _ [C] _ _ [D] [G] The fair [Am] Hippopotamus he came to [Bm] [Em] entice from her seat on [A] that [D] hilltop above.
[G] As she hadn't got [Am] a ma to give her [Bm] advice, [Em] came [A] tiptoeing down [D] to her love.
[Am] Like thunder [Em] the [F] forest re-echoed [E] the [Am] sound of the song that they sang when they met.
[A] His inner [D] [A] maratha adjusted [D] her [Am] gata and lifted [A] her [D] voice in duet.
[G]
Mud, mud, [Am] glorious [D] mud, [G]
nothing [Em] quite like [A] it for [D] cooling the blood.
[G] So follow me, follow, [C] down to the hollow and there let [G] us [A] wallow in _ [D] [G] glorious mud.
[G] _ [C] _ _ [D] [G] Now more [Am] Hippopotami began to [Bm] [Em] convene on the banks of [A] that river [D] so wide.
[G] I wonder now what am [Am] I to say of [Bm] the scene [Em] that ensued by [A] the [D] Shalimar side.
[Am] They dived all [Em] at [F] once with an ear [E]-splitting sposh, [Am] then rose to the surface again.
[A] A regular [D] [A] army of _ [D] [Am] Hippopotami all singing [A] this [D] haunting refrain.
[Am] _ [G]
Mud, mud, [C] glorious [D] mud, [G]
nothing [Em] quite like [A] it for [D] cooling the blood.
[G] So follow me, follow, [C] down to the hollow and there let [G] us [A] wallow in _ [D] [G] glorious mud.
Mud, [C] _ _ [D] _ [A] _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _ [A] _
_ _ [Bm] glorious [E] mud, [A] nothing [F#m] quite like [G#m] it for cooling [E] the blood.
[A] So follow me, follow, [Bm] down to the hollow [D] and there let [A] us [B] wallow in _ [E] [A] glorious mud.
[D] _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _
[G] He gazed at the bottom [Am] as he peacefully [Bm] lay [Em] by the light [A] of the [D] evening star.
[Am]
Away [Em] on a [F] hilltop sat combing [E] her [Am] hair, his fair Hippopotamus maid.
[A] _ _
[D] The [A] Hippopotamus was no [D] [Am] ignoramus and sang her [A] this sweet [D] _ serenade.
[G]
Mud, mud, [C] _ [D] glorious mud, [G]
nothing [Em] quite like [A] it for [D] cooling the blood.
[G] So follow me, follow, [Am] down to the hollow [C] and there let [G] us [A] wallow in _ [D] [G] glorious mud.
[G] _ [C] _ _ [D] [G] The fair [Am] Hippopotamus he came to [Bm] [Em] entice from her seat on [A] that [D] hilltop above.
[G] As she hadn't got [Am] a ma to give her [Bm] advice, [Em] came [A] tiptoeing down [D] to her love.
[Am] Like thunder [Em] the [F] forest re-echoed [E] the [Am] sound of the song that they sang when they met.
[A] His inner [D] [A] maratha adjusted [D] her [Am] gata and lifted [A] her [D] voice in duet.
[G]
Mud, mud, [Am] glorious [D] mud, [G]
nothing [Em] quite like [A] it for [D] cooling the blood.
[G] So follow me, follow, [C] down to the hollow and there let [G] us [A] wallow in _ [D] [G] glorious mud.
[G] _ [C] _ _ [D] [G] Now more [Am] Hippopotami began to [Bm] [Em] convene on the banks of [A] that river [D] so wide.
[G] I wonder now what am [Am] I to say of [Bm] the scene [Em] that ensued by [A] the [D] Shalimar side.
[Am] They dived all [Em] at [F] once with an ear [E]-splitting sposh, [Am] then rose to the surface again.
[A] A regular [D] [A] army of _ [D] [Am] Hippopotami all singing [A] this [D] haunting refrain.
[Am] _ [G]
Mud, mud, [C] glorious [D] mud, [G]
nothing [Em] quite like [A] it for [D] cooling the blood.
[G] So follow me, follow, [C] down to the hollow and there let [G] us [A] wallow in _ [D] [G] glorious mud.
Mud, [C] _ _ [D] _ [A] _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _ [A] _
_ _ [Bm] glorious [E] mud, [A] nothing [F#m] quite like [G#m] it for cooling [E] the blood.
[A] So follow me, follow, [Bm] down to the hollow [D] and there let [A] us [B] wallow in _ [E] [A] glorious mud.
[D] _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _