I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas Gayla Peevey

I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas

Gayla Peevey

MelodyMike

111
0:00 2:33
Tuning Standard (E A D G B E)
Beat 4/4
Key: D
Capo:
No capo
Strumming 1

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Lyrics

[Intro]
| G | D/A |

[Verse 1]
G  G
 I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
                         D7
Only a hippopotamus will do
Don't want a doll, no dinky Tinkertoy
  A7                                     D
I want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy

[Verse 2]
  G
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
I don't think Santa Claus will mind,
   D7
do you?
He won't have to use our dirty chimney flue
     A7
Just bring him through the front door,
                         D
that's the easy thing to do

[Bridge]
      G7            C
I can see me now on Christmas morning
G7/D                 C
Creeping down the stairs
         D7
Oh, what joy and what surprise
       G
When I open up my eyes
         A7         D7
To see a hippo hero standing there

[Verse 3]
  G
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
                         D7
Only a hippopotamus will do
No crocodiles, no rhinoceroses
A7                   D
I only like hippopotamuses
    A7       D7            G  G D7
And hippopotamuses like me too

[Verse 4]
D7
Mom says the hippo would eat me up,
but then
   A7                             D
Teacher says a hippo is a vegetarian

[Verse 5]
G
D7        D7
  There's lots of room for him in our two-car garage
    A7
I'd feed him there and wash him there and give him his
   D
massage

[Bridge]
      G7            C
I can see me now on Christmas morning
G7/D                 C
Creeping down the stairs
         D7
Oh, what joy and what surprise
       G
When I open up my eyes
         A7         D7
To see a hippo hero standing there

[Outro]
  G
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
                         D7
Only a hippopotamus will do
No crocodiles or rhinoceroseses
A7                   D
I only like hippopotamuseses
    A7       D7            G  D7 G
And hippopotamuses like me too

Bars

[Intro]
| G | D/A |

[Verse 1]
            | G  - | -  - |
| G - | - - | -  - | D7 - |
| - - | - - | A7 - | -  D |

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

[Verse 2]
| G - | - - | -  - | D7 - |
| - - | - - | A7 - | -  D |

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

[Bridge]
| G7 | C | G7/D | C  |
| D7 | G | A7   | D7 |

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

[Verse 3]
| G  -  | -  - | -  - | D7 - |
| -  -  | -  - | A7 - | -  D |
| A7 D7 | G  - | G  - | -  - |
| -  -  | D7 - |

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
Only a hippopotamus will do
No crocodiles, no rhinoceroses
I only like hippopotamuses
And hippopotamuses like me too

[Verse 4]
             | D7 - | - - |
| A7 - | - D |

Mom says the hippo would eat me up,
but then
Teacher says a hippo is a vegetarian

[Verse 5]
              | G  - | - - |
| -  - | D7 - | D7 - | - - |
| A7 - | -  D |

There's lots of room for him in our two-car garage
I'd feed him there and wash him there and give him his
massage

[Bridge]
            | G7 | C |
| G7/D | C  | D7 | G |
| A7   | D7 |

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

[Outro]
              | G  -  | - - |
| -  - | D7 - | -  -  | - - |
| A7 - | -  D | A7 D7 | G - |
| D7 G |

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
Only a hippopotamus will do
No crocodiles or rhinoceroseses
I only like hippopotamuseses
And hippopotamuses like me too

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