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I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas - Gayla Peavey (John Rox)

Intro: 
[A] [D] [D7] (last  line  of  1st  verse) Or….. 1, 2, 3…… Suggested Strum Du Du Du Du

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 [D] play with and en-[D7]-joy

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 [D] easy thing to [D7] do

Verse 3:
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

Verse 4:
I [G] want a hippopotamus for Christmas 
Only a hippopotamus will [D] do [D7] [D7] No crocodiles, no rhinoceroses
[A] I only like [D] hippopota-[D7]-muses
And [A] hippopota-[D7]-muses like me [G] too

Instrumental + KAZOO:
[G]  [D]  [D7]

Bridge:
Mum says a hippo, will eat me up but then
[A] Teacher says a hippo is a [D] vegetarian [D7]

Instrumental + KAZOO:
[G] [D] [D7]

Verse 5:
There's [D7] lots of room for him in our two car garage
[A] I'd feed him there and wash him there and [D] give him his [D7] massage
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

Verse 6:
I [G] want a hippopotamus for Christmas, only a hippopotamus will [D] do 
[D7] No crocodiles or rhinoceroseses, 
[A] I only like[D] hippopota-[D7]-muses

Outro:
And [A] hippopota-[D7]-muses like me [G] too! [D*] [G*]

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