Intro: Verses:
B E7 G C7 A F#7 B7
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B E7 G C7 A
Trip to heave and ho, up, down, to and fro', you have no word
B A
trip, trip to a dream dragon
B A
hide your wings in a ghost tower
B A B
sails cackling at every plate we brake
B Bb
was cracked by scattered needles
A
the little minute gong coughs and clears his throat
A
madam you see before you stand, hey, ho, never be still
A
the old original favorite grand grasshoppers green Herbarian band
A F#7
and the tune they play is "In us Confide"
B E7 G C7 A
So trip to heave and ho, up, down, to and fro', you have no word
F# B
please leave us here
F# B B7 E
close our eyes to the Octopus ride
E F F# G
Isn't it good to be lost in the wood
G G#
Isn't it bad so quiet there, in the wood
A D
meant even less to me than I thought
A D
with a honey plough yellow prickly seeds
A D F#7
clover honey pots and mystic shining feed...
B E7
well, the madcap laughed at the man on the border
G C7
hey, ho, huff the talbot
B A
cheat! he cried, shouted kangaroo
B A
it's true in their tree he cried
F# B
please leave us here
F# B B7 E
close our eyes to the Octopus ride
Instrumental passage: F#
F# B
please leave us here
F# B B7 E
close our eyes to the Octopus ride
B A
the madcap laughed at the man on the border
B A
hey, ho, huff the talbot
B A
the winds they blew and the leaves did wag
B A
and they'll never put me in their bag
B A
the raging seas will always seep
B A
so high you go, so low you creep
B A
the wind it blows in tropical heat
B A
the drones they throng on mossy seats
B A
the squeaking door will always squeak
B A
two up, two down will never meet
B A
so merrily trip for good my side
F# B
please leave us here
F# B B7 E
close our eyes to the Octopus ride
Outro: E F F# G