{t:I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas}
{st:Gayla Peevey (1953)}
{c:verse 1}
I [G]want a hippopotamus for Christmas, only a hippopotamus will [D]do
[D7]Don't want a doll, no dinky Tinker Toy
I [A]want a hippopotamus to play with and en-[D7]joy
{c:verse 2}
I [G]want a hippopotamus for Christmas
I don't think Santa Claus will mind, do [D]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
{c:bridge}
I can [G7]see me now on [C]Christmas morning,
[G7]Creeping down the [C]stairs
Oh what [D7]joy and what surprise
When I [G]open up my eyes
To see a [A7]hippo hero [D]standing [D7]there
{c:verse 3}
I [G]want a hippopotamus for Christmas
Only a hippopotamus will [D]do
[D7]No crocodiles, no rhinoceroses
[A]I only like hippopota-[D]muses
And [A]hippopota-[D7]muses like me [G]too
{c:verse 4 - first 2 lines instrumental}
([G]1 2 3 4, [G]1 2 3 4)
([G]1 2 3 4, [D]1 2 3 4)
[D7]Mom says the hippo would eat me up, but then
[A]Teacher says a hippo is a vegetari-[D7]an
{c:verse 5 - first 2 lines instrumental}
([G]1 2 3 4, [G]1 2 3 4)
([G]1 2 3 4, [D]1 2 3 4)
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 [G7]see me now on [C]Christmas morning
[G7]Creeping down the [C]stairs
Oh what [D7]joy and what surprise
When I [G]open up my eyes
To see a [A7]hippo hero [D]standing [D7]there
{c:verse 6}
I [G]want a hippopotamus for Christmas
Only a hippopotamus will [D]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]↓
