Chords for When a Hippo Can Dance

[G] _ _ [B] _ _ _ [G] _ [B] Keep it going.
_ _ [F#] _ [B] _ _ _ [F#] _
If you have a hippo you [B] love very much, Yet you find it has one or two faults,
Such as sleeping too [F#m] late, [Em] such as making [C#m] you wait,
I suggest that you teach it to [Em] waltz.
Now there may be a lot of us who think, Hippopotamus,
And don't picture [B] musical grace, [Em] But just offer the chance to experience dance,
And you may be surprised what takes [B] place.
[Em] When a hippo can dance it's a [F#] thrilling revelation, When a hippo can dance there [B] is nothing to
[Em] say, When a hippo can dance it's an overnight
sensation, [C] Don't delay, [B] teach your hippo today.
_ [G] Before you begin, here's a little advice, [Em] And [F#] then we will see [B] how it goes.
Though your hippo is sweet, you gotta be fast with your [F#] feet,
Or it might be quite hard on your [B] toes.
When [Am] a hippo can dance it's a noble [B] revelation, [Am] When a hippo can dance there is nothing to
say, When a hippo can dance it's an [B] overnight
[C] sensation, Don't delay, teach your hippo today. _
Now [D#] if you are [Bm] patient and practice a lot, [G] Your hippo will surely improve,
And [D#] by April or May or [C#] ten years from today, [F#] How elegantly [B] he will move,
[Em] I can see it now, [D#] you and your hippo, [F#] Blissfully gliding [B] all over our stage.
Well I imagine how you dramatically dribble, [Am] You [C] and your hippo are all [Em] the rage,
At the [C] New York [Am] Times [B] front page.
[Em] When a hippo can dance, [B] _ [Em] _ _ _ [B] When [Em] a hippo can dance,
_ _ _ [E] _
When a hippo can [G] dance, [C#] When _ [F#] _ _
_ [B] _ [E] a hippo can dance it's a [D#] dreaming revelation,
When a [D] hippo can dance there is [B] nothing to say,
When [C#] a hippo can dance it's [C] an overnight, An overnight, [B] an overnight [C] sensation,
Don't delay, teach your hippo [Em] today.
_ [B] _ [E] Now there is just one thing that I really ought to mention,
Just one thing that I've [B] got to confess, There may be a chance that your hippo won't dance,
[Em] Well it's a [G] difficult [F#] thing to teach [B] a hippo to swing,
[E] It's [C#] unknown for their feet to [Am] connect [B] with a beat,
_ [Em] _ _
No one who has tried [B] it has had [C#] any success, _ [B] At all, none [Em] whatsoever. _ _
In all recorded history [B] it's never [E] been done, Counting on you to [G] be the very first one,
_ _ [B] _ [E] Counting on you [C] _
to be the [Em] very first one, _ _ _
_ [Am] When a hippo can dance it's [B] a thrilling revelation,
When a hippo can dance there is nothing [A] to say,
[Bm] When a hippo can dance it's an overnight sensation,
[C]
Don't delay, [B] teach your hippo [Em] today. _ _ _
Don't delay, [B] teach your [E] hippo today.
[Em] _ _
[C] Don't delay, [B] teach [Em] your hippo today.
[C#] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ [B] _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ Right, oh my. _