G
C~dim7
D
G
G
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas;
D
Only a hippopotamus will do
D7
Don’t want a doll, no dinky Tinker Toy;
A
D
I want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy
G
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas;
D
I don’t think Santa Claus will mind, do you?
D7
He won’t have to use our dirty chimney flue
A
Just bring him through the front door,
D
that’s the easy thing to do
G7
C
I can see me now on Christmas morning,
G7
C
creeping down the stairs
D7
Oh what joy and what surprise,
G
when I open up my eyes
A
D
D7
to see a hippo hero standing there
G
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas;
D
Only a hippopotamus will do
D7
No crocodiles, no rhinoceroses;
A7
D
I only like hippopotamuses
A7
D7
G
And hippopotamuses like me too
G
D
D7
Mom says the hippo
A7
Teacher says a hippo
D
is a vegeterian
G
D
D7
There’s lots of room for him
A7
I’d feed him there and wash him there
D
and give him his massage
G7
C
I can see me now on Christmas morning,
G7
C
creeping down the stairs
D7
Oh what joy and what surprise,
G
when I open up my eyes
A
D
D7
to see a hippo hero standing there
G
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas;
D
Only a hippopotamus will do
D7
No crocodiles, or rhinoceroseses;
A7
D
I only like hippopotamuseses
A7
D7
G
And hippopotamuses like me too
C
D
G
D
C~dim7
D7
G
G7
A7
A
C
