I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas Chords by Kacey Musgraves

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