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 likeD hippopota-D7-muses
Outro
And A hippopota-D7-muses like me G too! D* G*