Key: D major•
Verse 1
the world would be one more
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G
Em
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shiny star!
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G
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
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D
Only hippopotamus will do
Don't want a dog, no dinky dink or toy
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D
Only hippopotamus to play with and enjoy
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Em
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I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
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I don't think Santa Claus will mind, do you?
He won't have to use that
dirty chimney flue
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Am
on Christmas morning
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C
Creeping down the stairs
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D
And see that hippo hero standing there
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Em
I want a hippopotamus
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Em
for Christmas
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Em
D
Only hippopotamus will do
No crocodiles, no rhinoceroses
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A
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G
And hippopotamuses like me too
Every Christmas
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G
I always wanted a hippo
Because it's my favorite animal
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in the whole wide world
Mom says the hippos
would eat me up but then
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Em
What I want is a hippo
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That's so far hip anonymously
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D
That's the coolest animal
that's ever was
There's lots of room for him
in our two -car garage
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Am
On Christmas morning
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creepin' down the stairs
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D
And see that hippo hero standing there
Em
D
Only hippopotamus will do
No crocodiles, no rhinoceroses
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A
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And Hippopotamus is his like -a -me do
Em
G
Aw, you tell Santa that
I bought a hippo
Thanks!
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ChordsD G Em A C...
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