{t:I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas}
{st:John Rox (1953)}


I [/] [G] want a hippopotamus for [/] Christmas ... [/] 
[/] [G] Only a hippopotamus will [/] [D7] do... [/] 
[/] [D7] Don't want a doll, no [/] dinky Tinker Toy
I [/] [A] want a hippopotamus to [/] play with and en- [D7] joy


I [/] [G] want a hippopotamus for [/] Christmas... [/] 
I [/] [G] don't think Santa Claus will mind, do [/] [D7] you? ...
He [/] [D7] won't have to use, our [/] dirty chimney flue
Just [/] [A] bring him through the front door that's the [/] easy thing to [D7] do


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I can [/] [G] see me now on [/] [C] Christmas morning [/] 
[/] [G] Creeping down the [/] [C] stairs
Oh what [/] [D7] joy and what surprise when I [/] [G] open up my eyes
To see a [/] [A] hippo hero [/] [D7] standing there


I [/] [G] want a hippopotamus for [/] Christmas... [/] 
[/] [G] Only a hippopotamus will [/] [D7] do ... [/] 
[/] [D7] No crocodiles, no [/] rhinoceroses [/] 
[/] [A] I only like, [/] hippopota- [D7] muses
And [/] [A] hippopota- [D7]muses like me [/] [G] too ... [/] 


{c:Instrumental (with Kazoo)}
[/] [G]  [/] [G]  [/]
[/] [G]  [/] [D7] [/]
[/] [D7] Mom says the hippo, would [/] eat me up but then [/] 
[/] [A] Teacher says a hippo is a [/] vegetari- [D7] an [/] 


{c:Instrumental (with Kazoo)}
[/] [G]  [/] [G]  [/]
[/] [G]  [/] [D7] [/]
There's [/] [D7] lots of room for him in our [/] two-car garage [/] 
I'd [/] [A] feed him there and wash him there and [/] give him his mas- [D7] sage


{c:Bridge}
I can [/] [G] see me now on [/] [C] Christmas morning [/] 
[/] [G] Creeping down the [/] [C] stairs
Oh what [/] [D7] joy and what surprise when I [/] [G] open up my eyes
To see a [/] [A] hippo hero [/] [D7] standing there
 

I [/] [G] want a hippopotamus for [/] Christmas ... [/] 
[/] [G] Only a hippopotamus will [/] [D7] do ... [/] 
[/] [D7] No crocodiles or [/] rhinoceros-se-ses [/] 
[/] [A] I only like, [/] hippopota- [D7] mu-se-ses
And [/] [A] hippopota- [D7] muses like me [/] [G] too! [G↓][D7↓][G↓]


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