I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas Guitar Chords A Great Big World

 F
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
                          C
Only a hippopotamus will do
   C
I don't want a doll, no dinky Tinkertoy
   Gm                     C           
I want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy

   F
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
                                         C
I don't think Santa Claus will mind, do you?
    C
He won't have to use our dirty chimney flue
       Gm
Just bring him through the front door
           C
That's the easy thing to do

       F               A#
I can see me now on Christmas morning
  F                 A#
Creeping down the stairs
          C       
Oh, what joy and what surprise
       F
When I open up my eyes
           F           C
To see my hippo hero standing there

   F                      
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
                          C
Only a hippopotamus will do
 C
No crocodiles, or rhinoceroseses
Gm          C
I only like hippopotamuseses
     A#        C          F
And hippopotamuses like me too

F C Gm C
F C

 C
Mom says the hippo would eat me up
          Gm                            
But then teacher says a hippo is a vegetarian

       F               A#
I can see me now on Christmas morning
  F                 A#
Creeping down the stairs
          C       
Oh, what joy and what surprise
       F
When I open up my eyes
           F           C
To see my hippo hero standing there

   F                      F#
I want a hippopotamus, I want a hippopotamus
          G              G#
I want a hip.., I want a hip...
   A            A#      B     C
I really really really want a hippopotamus

   F
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
                          C
Only a hippopotamus will do
   C
I don't want a doll, no dinky Tinkertoy
   Gm                     C           
I want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy
 
 F
La la la la la la la la la la
                         C
La la la la la la la la la
 C
No crocodiles, or rhinoceroseses
Gm          C
I only like hippopotamuseses
     A#        C          F     A# C F
And hippopotamuses like me too
   F
Christmas....!!!