E I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
B Only a hippopotamus will do
B I don't want a doll, no dinky Tinkertoy
F#mB 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
EA I can see me now on Christmas morning
EA Creeping down the stairs
B Oh, what joy and what surprise
E When I open up my eyes
EB 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#mB I only like hippopotamuseses
ABE And hippopotamuses like me too
E B F#m BE B
B Mom says the hippo would eat me up
F#m But then teacher says a hippo is a vegetarian
EA I can see me now on Christmas morning
EA Creeping down the stairs
B Oh, what joy and what surprise
E When I open up my eyes
EB To see my hippo hero standing there
EF I want a hippopotamus, I want a hippopotamus
F#G I want a hip.., I want a hip...
AbABbB 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#mB 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#mB I only like hippopotamuseses
ABEA B E And hippopotamuses like me too
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