I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas Chords

by Gayla Peevey
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Difficulty: beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
Author janhoney [pro] 74. Last edit on Dec 27, 2018
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Chords

G
D7
A7
G7
C
Am
Dm

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  G
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
                         D7
Only a hippopotamus will do
 
Don't want a doll, no dinkey tinker toy
  A7                                   D7
I want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy
 
 
  G
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
                                        D7
I don't think Santa Claus will mind, do you?
 
He won't have to use a dirty chimney flue
     A7
Just bring him through the front door
                         D7
That's the easy thing to do
 
 
G7                  C         Am
I can see me now on Christmas morning
Dm       G7       C
Creeping down the stairs
        D7
Oh what joy, what surprise
       G
When I open up my eyes
         A7         D7
To see a hippo hero standing there
 
 
  G
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
                         D7
Only a hippopotamus will do
 
No crocodiles, no rhinosauruses
A7                    D7
I only likes hippopotamuses
    A7       D7             G
And hippopotamuses like me, too
 
 
[Instrumental]
G D7
 
 
D7
Mom says a hippo, would eat me up but then
A7                               D7
Teacher says a hippo is a vegetarian
 
 
[Instrumental]
G  D7
 
 
D7
There's lots of room for him in our two-car garage
A7                                                     D7
I'd feed him there and wash him there and give him his massage
 
 
G7                  C         Am
I can see me now on Christmas morning
Dm       G7       C
Creeping down the stairs
        D7
Oh what joy, what surprise
       G
When I open up my eyes
         A7         D7
To see a hippo hero standing there
 
 
  G
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
                         D7
Only a hippopotamus will do
 
No crocodiles, no rhinosauruses
A7                    D7
I only likes hippopotamuses
    A7       D7             G
And hippopotamuses like me, too
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I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas – Gayla Peevey
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