I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas chords by
Gayla Peevey

1953Christmas785 views

Key: G major•

Intro 1

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G

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D

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Verse 1

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I want a hippopotamus for Christmas

D

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Only a hippopotamus will do

Don't want a doll, no dinky TinkerToy

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I want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy

Verse 2

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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 a dirty chimney flue

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Just bring him through the front door

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That's the easy thing to do

Bridge 1

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I can see me now on Christmas morning

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C

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Creeping down the stairs

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Oh what joy and what surprise

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When I open up my eyes

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To see a hippo hero standing there

Verse 3

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I want a hippopotamus for Christmas

D

D

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Only a hippopotamus will do

No crocodiles, no rhinoceroses

A

A

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D

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I only like hippopotamuses

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A

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D

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And hippopotamuses

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Am

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like me too

Verse 4

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D

D

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D

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Mom says a hippo

would eat me up, but then

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A

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Teacher says a hippo is a vegetarian

Verse 5

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There's lots of room for him

in our two-car garage

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I'd feed him there and wash him there

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and give him his massage

Bridge 2

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G

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C

C

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I can see me now on Christmas morning

G

G

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C

C

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Creeping down the stairs

D

D

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Oh what joy and what surprise

G

G

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When I open up my eyes

A

A

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D

D

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To see a hippo hero standing there

Verse 6

G

G

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I want a hippopotamus for Christmas

D

D

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Only a hippopotamus will do

No crocodiles, or rhinoceroseses

A

A

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D

D

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I only like hippopotamuseses

A

A

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D

D

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G

G

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Am

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And hippopotamuses like me too

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