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....!!!