I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas chords by A Great Big World

A Great Big World - I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas
From the album: I'll Be Home For Christmas (2014)


  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....!!!