Intro: G       Em         Am7      D 


verse 1 

  G          Em         Am7          B7 
A bold hippopotamus was standing one day 
        Em          A7        D      D7 
On the banks of the cool Shalimar 
   G            Em           Am7        B7 
He gazed at the bottom as he peacefully lay 
       Em           A7      D       D7 
By the light of the evening star 
 Dm       E           Dm          E 
Away on a hilltop sat combing her hair 
  Dm        E7     Am       
A fair hippopotama maid 
    A7     D         A7     D 
The hippopotamus was no ignoramus 
    Am            A7        D       D7 
And sang her this sweet serenade 


[Refrão]

G    Em   Am7      D 
Mud, mud, glorious mud 
        Em            A7          D           D7 
There's nothing quite like it for cooling the blood 
   G         G7      C           A7 
So follow me follow, down to the hollow 
    Am           G         D7       G     Em       Am7      D 
And there let us wallow in glorious mud 


verse 2 

    G         Em        Am7        B7 
The fair hippopotama he aimed to entice 
          Em          A7      D      D7 
From that seat on the hilltop above. 
   G          Em          Am7        B7 
As she hadn't got a ma to give her advice 
     Em         A7         D       D7 
Came tiptoeing down to her love.       
     Dm          E        Dm         E 
Like thunder the forest reechoed the sound 
       Dm             E7           Am       
Of the song that they sang as they met. 
    A7   D      A7         D 
His inamorata adjusted her garter 
    Am         A7         D       D7 
And lifted her voice in duet. 


[Refrão]

G    Em   Am7      D 
Mud, mud, glorious mud 
        Em            A7          D           D7 
There's nothing quite like it for cooling the blood 
   G         G7      C           A7 
So follow me follow, down to the hollow 
    Am           G         D7       G      Em      Am7      D 
And there let us wallow in glorious mud 


verse 3 

     G         Em     Am7         B7 
Then more hippopotami began to convene 
       Em            A7       D      D7 
On the banks of that river so wide. 
  G          Em           Am7        B7 
I wonder now what am I to say of the scene 
     Em            A7       D       D7 
That ensued by the Shalimar side. 
     Dm           E            Dm             E 
They dived all at once with an ear-splitting Splosh 
     Dm          E7      Am       
Then rose to the surface again. 
  A7      D       A7     D 
A regular army of hippopotami 
    Am           A7         D       D7 
All singing this haunting refrain. 


[Refrão]

G    Em   Am7      D 
Mud, mud, glorious mud 
        Em            A7          D           D7 
There's nothing quite like it for cooling the blood 
   G         G7      C           A7 
So follow me follow, down to the hollow 
    Am           G         D7       G 
And there let us wallow in glorious mud