Hippy Hut
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D G
Down a bush track off a dirt road
D G
No milkbar no postcode
D G
In the state of blissed out mind
D G
It's always nineteen sixty nine
F#
Ah when hippy boy meets hippy girl
G
In Brunswick street tonight
D
She'll take him back to the hippy hut
C
Where everything's allright
B
Take off her cheesecloth kaftan
C
And brew some Jasmine tea
G
Read Kerouac and Ginsberg
D
And trip on poetry
C D
Yeah we live our lives in a hippy hut
G C
Our front door is never shut
D G
There's love and peace out in the bush
C D
Away from all the shove and push
C D
And our Kombi van goes put put put
G D G
To our happy hippy happy hippy hippy hut
D G
Wear a headband seek nirvana
D G
Pack a bong and smoke banana
D G
Tofu gut and Lily Ponds
D G
They dance along in leather thongs
B
Ah we'll build a mudbrick heaven
C
Wear flowers in our hair
G
Potbelly stove and windchimes
D
Seagrass everywhere
repeat first chorus
C
Now hippy girl and hippy guy
G
Lay the mattress on the floor
C
Burn that incense all night long
D
Submit to cosmic law
Solo G D G D x2
F#
I searched the world for the Holy Grail
G
Pinned the donkey on the tail
C
I knew my life was in a rut
D
Till I found my hippy hut
F#
Now we drink rainwater from a tank
G
Most of the time our minds a blank
C
I get to feel just like a king
D
Up here where the bellbirds sing
C D
We live our lives in a hippy hut
G C
Our front door is never shut
D G
It's the shack we call our home
C D
And we never feel alone
C D
Our Kombi van goes put put put
G D G
To our happy hippy happy hippy hippy hut
C D
Yeah we live our lives in a hippy hut
G C
Share the tomb with old King Tut
D G
There's love and peace out in the bush
C D
Away from all the shove and push
C D
And our Kombi van goes put put put
G D G
To our happy hippy happy hippy hippy hut
How to play Hippy Hut
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is D. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.