Chords for A Great Big World - I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas (Official Video)

_ _ [E] I want a hippopotamus for Christmas Only a hippopotamus [D#] will do
[B] I don't want a dog _ I [A] want a hippopotamus to play with and [D#] enjoy
I [E] want a hippopotamus for Christmas I don't think Santa Claus will mind [B] you
He won't have to use a dirty chimney [F#m] flue Just bring him through [B] the front door that
day [F#] I can see me now on Christmas [E] morning
Creeping [A] down the [Bm] stairs Oh what a joy and what a surprise
When I open up my [F#] eyes I see a hippo [B] hero standing [E] there
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas Only a [B] hippopotamus will do
No crocodiles, no [F#m] rhinoceroses I only [B] like [A] hippopotamuses
And [E] hippopotamuses like me too _ _ _ _ _
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_ [E] _ [B] Mom says a hippo would eat me up but [F#] then Teacher says a hippo is a vegetarian
[E] I can see me [A] now on Christmas [E] morning Creeping down the stairs
[B] Oh what a joy and what a surprise When I open up my eyes I [F#m] see a hippo hero
standing [E] there I want a [F] hippopotamus
I want a [F#] hippopotamus I want it
I want it I really really really [B] want a hippopotamus
_ Hippopotamus [E] I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
Only a [B] hippopotamus will do I don't want a doll, no dingy dinger toy
[E] I want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy
No _ _ _ _ _ _ _ crocodiles, no rhinoceroses [F#m] I only like [B]
hippopotamuses
And hippopotamuses like me too
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Christmas
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