E
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
B
Only a hippopotamus will do
B
I don't want a doll, no dinky Tinkertoy
F#m
B
I want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy
E
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
B
I don't think Santa Claus will mind, do you?
B
He won't have to use our dirty chimney flue
F#m
Just bring him through the front door
B
That's the easy thing to do
E
A
I can see me now on Christmas morning
E
A
Creeping down the stairs
B
Oh, what joy and what surprise
E
When I open up my eyes
E
B
To see my hippo hero standing there
E
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
B
Only a hippopotamus will do
B
No crocodiles, or rhinoceroseses
F#m
B
I only like hippopotamuseses
A
B
E
And hippopotamuses like me too
E
B
F#m
B
E
B
B
Mom says the hippo would eat me up
F#m
But then teacher says a hippo is a vegetarian
E
A
I can see me now on Christmas morning
E
A
Creeping down the stairs
B
Oh, what joy and what surprise
E
When I open up my eyes
E
B
To see my hippo hero standing there
E
F
I want a hippopotamus, I want a hippopotamus
F#
G
I want a hip.., I want a hip...
Ab
A
Bb
B
I really really really want a hippopotamus
E
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
B
Only a hippopotamus will do
B
I don't want a doll, no dinky Tinkertoy
F#m
B
I want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy
E
La la la la la la la la la la
B
La la la la la la la la la
B
No crocodiles, or rhinoceroseses
F#m
B
I only like hippopotamuseses
A
B
E
A
B
E
And hippopotamuses like me too
E
Christmas....!!!