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Hippopotamus Chords

Music by: Desmond Dekker
Tone C major BPM 136 Views 28
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[Verse 1]
[C]Ski[F]nhe[G]ads[C], a[F]ll you skinheads
C'mon, let's move and groove, ohh
You all [C]hypocrite,

[Verse 2]
you all hippo[F]potamus,
[G]you all hyp[C]ocrite, you[F]
[G]You all hyp[C]ocrite, you all hip[F]popotamus,
[G]you all hyp[C]ocrite, yea[F]h

[Verse 3]
[G]You nah fe gwa[C]n so[F]
[G]You nah fe [C]galang so
[F]

[Verse 4]
[G]
[C]What goes up, sir[F], must come dow[G]n
[C]What goes up, sir[F], must come dow[G]n
You [C]too [F]commutive
Wicked and bad [G]minded,
con[C]niving

[Interlude 1]
[C][F][G][C][F][G][C]
[F][G][C][F][G][C]
[F][G][C][F][G][C]
[F]

[Verse 5]
[G]You all hyp[C]ocrite, you all hippopot[F]amus,
[G]you all hypoc[C]rite, you[F][G]
You all [C]hy pocrite, you all [F]hippopotamus,
[G]you all hyp[C]ocrite, yea[F]h
[G][C][F]

[Verse 6]
[G]You nah fe [C]gwa[F]n s[G]o[C][F]
[G]You nah fe [C]galang so
[F]

[Verse 7]
[G]
[C]What goes up, sir[F], must come dow[G]n
[C]What goes up, sir, mus[F]t come dow[G]n
You [C]too commutive
Wicked [F]and bad [G]minded, con[C]niving[F]

[Verse 8]
[G]You too[C] commutive
Wicked [F]and bad [G]minded,
con[C]niving

[Interlude 2]
[C][F][G][C][F][G][C]
[F][G][C]
[F]You

[Verse 9]
[G][C][F][G][C]
[F]nah[G] fe[C]
[F]gwa[G]n s[C]o[F][G][C]
[F][G][C]
[F]You [G]nah [C]fe [F]gal[G]ang so
(Hippopotamus)
You nah fe [C]gwan so (You all hypocrite,you all

[Verse 10]
[C]
[F]hip[Dm]popotamus)
You [G]nah [C]fe galang so
[F](You all hypocrite,you all
[G]hippopotamus)
You nah fe [C]gwan so (You all hypocrite,you all

[Verse 11]
[C]
[F]hip[G]popotamus)
You nah [C]fe galang so
(You all hypocrite,y[F]ou all
[G]hippopotamus)
You nah fe [C]gwan so (You all hypocrite,you all

[Verse 12]
[C]
[F]hip[G]popotamus)
You nah [C]fe galang so
[F](You[G]
[C]all hypocrite,you all hippopotamus)

[Outro 1]
[C][F][C]
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