I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas chords by Gretchen Wilson

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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I'm getting
nuttin' for Christmas.
A 
Mommy and Daddy are mad.
D 
I'm getting nuttin' for Christmas
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D 
Cause I ain't been nuttin' but bad
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D 
I broke my back on Johnny's head
Em 
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Somebody snitched on me
G 
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I hit a frog in sister's bed
Em 
A 
D 
Somebody snitched on me
G 
I spilled some ink on Mommy's rug
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I made Tommy eat a bug
Bm 
Bought some gum
Em 
with a penny slug
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D 
Somebody snitched on me
Oh, I'm getting nothing for Christmas
A 
Mommy and Daddy are mad
D 
I'm gettin' nuttin' for Christmas,
A 
D 
cause I ain't been nuttin' but bad.
G 
D 
I put a tack on teacher's chair,
Em 
A 
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somebody snitched on me.
G 
D 
I tied a knot in Susie's hair,
Em 
A 
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somebody snitched on me.
G 
I did a dance on Mommy's plants
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Climbed a tree and I tore my pants
Bm 
Em 
Filled that sugar bowl with ants
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Somebody snitched on me
Oh, I'm gettin' nuttin'
for Christmas
A 
Mommy and Daddy are mad
D 
I'm getting knighted for Christmas
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Cause I  ain't been knighted but bad
Em 
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So you better be good whatever you do
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Cause if you're bad I'm warning you
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Em 
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You'll get knighted
It's the hardest song we've ever done.