G D I want a hippopotamus for Christmas; Only a hippopotamus will do D7 A D7 D Don't want a doll, no dinky Tinker Toy; I want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy G D I want a hippopotamus for Christmas; I don't think Santa Claus will mind, do you? D7 He won't have to use our dirty chimney flue A D7 D Just bring him through the front door, that's the easy thing to do G7 C G7 C I can see me now on Christmas morning, creeping down the stairs D7 G Oh what joy and what surprise, when I open up my eyes A D D7 to see a hippo hero standing there G D I want a hippopotamus for Christmas; Only a hippopotamus will do D7 A7 D7 D No crocodiles, no rhinoceroses; I only like hippopotamuses A7 D7 G And hippopotamuses like me too Interlude -x2-: G G D D7 Mom says the hippo would eat me up, but then A7 D7 D Teacher says a hippo is a vegeterian Interlude -x2-: G G D D7 There's lots of room for him in our two-car garage A7 D7 D I'd feed him there and wash him there and give him his massage G7 C G7 C I can see me now on Christmas morning, creeping down the stairs D7 G Oh what joy and what surprise, when I open up my eyes A D D7 to see a hippo hero standing there G D I want a hippopotamus for Christmas; Only a hippopotamus will do D7 A7 D7 D No crocodiles, no rhinoceroseses; I only like hippopotamuseses A7 D7 G And hippopotamuses like me too
