Chords with lyrics
A augmentedA Great Big World - I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas
From the album: I'll Be Home For Christmas (2014)
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I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
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Only a hippopotamus will do
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I don't want a doll, no dinky Tinkertoy
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I want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy
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I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
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I don't think Santa Claus will mind, do you?
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He won't have to use our dirty chimney flue
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Just bring him through the front door
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That's the easy thing to do
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I can see me now on Christmas morning
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Creeping down the stairs
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Oh, what joy and what surprise
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When I open up my eyes
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To see my hippo hero standing there
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I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
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Only a hippopotamus will do
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No crocodiles, or rhinoceroseses
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I only like hippopotamuseses
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And hippopotamuses like me too
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Mom says the hippo would eat me up
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But then teacher says a hippo is a vegetarian
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I can see me now on Christmas morning
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Creeping down the stairs
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Oh, what joy and what surprise
E MajorE
When I open up my eyes
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To see my hippo hero standing there
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I want a hippopotamus, I want a hippopotamus
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I want a hip.., I want a hip...
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I really really really want a hippopotamus
E MajorE
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
BB
Only a hippopotamus will do
BB
I don't want a doll, no dinky Tinkertoy
F# minorF#m BB
I want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy
E MajorE
La la la la la la la la la la
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La la la la la la la la la
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No crocodiles, or rhinoceroseses
F# minorF#m BB
I only like hippopotamuseses
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And hippopotamuses like me too
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Christmas....!!!