Chords for I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas (Hippo the Hero)

I _ _ [D] _ _ [B] _ _
[G] _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _ _ _
want a _ hippopotamus for Christmas _ Only [Em] a [A] hippopotamus will do
_ [D] _
Don't want a doll, no dinky dinker toy [A] I want a _ hippopotamus to play with and enjoy
[G] I want a hippopotamus for Christmas _ I don't [Em] think Santa [Dm] Claus will mind, do you?
[D] _
He won't have to use our dirty chimney flue [A] Just bring him through the front door, that's
the easy [D] thing to do [G] I can see me [C] now on Christmas [G] morning
Creeping [C] down the stairs _ [Am] Oh, what joy and what surprise
[G] When I open my eyes [A] I see a hippo hero [F#] standing [G] there
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas _ Only [Em] a [Am] hippopotamus will do
[D] _
No crocodiles, no rhinoceroses [A] I only like _ _ _ [A#] hippopotamuses
And [D] hippopotamuses [G] like me too _
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Mom says a hippo would eat me up but then [A] Teacher says a hippo is a vegetarian _
[G] _ _ [Em] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
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There's lots of room for him in our two-car garage
[A] I'd feed him there and wash him there and give him his massage
[G] I can see me now [C] on Christmas _ [G] morning Creeping down [C] the stairs _
[Am] Oh, what joy and [D] what surprise [G] When I open my eyes I see [A] a hippo hero standing there
[G] I want a [Em] [G] hippopotamus for Christmas _ _ Only a [D] hippopotamus will do _ _
No crocodiles, no _ rhinoceroses [A] I only like _ _ hippopotamuses
And _ [D] hippopotamuses like [G] me too
_ [Em] _ _