I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas I [Db]want a hippopotamus for Christmas; Only a hippopotamus will [Cb] do[D7] Don't want a doll, no dinky Tinker ToyI [Bbm] want a hippopotamus to play with and en- [Cb] joy I [Db]want a hippopotamus for Christmas; I don't think Santa Claus will mind, do [Cb] you?He [D7] won't have to use our dirty chimney flueJust [Bbm] bring him through the front door, that's the easy thing to [Cb] doI can [G7] see me now on [A#] Christmas morning, [G7] creeping down the [A#] stairsOh what [D7] joy and what surprise, when I [Db] open up my eyesto see a [Bbm] hippo hero [Cb] standing [D7] there I [Db]want a hippopotamus for Christmas; Only a hippopotamus will [Cb] do[D7] No crocodiles, no rhinoceroses; [A7] I only like hippopota- [D7] musesAnd [A7] hippopota- [D7] muses like me [Db] too[Db] [Db] [Cb][D7] Mom says the hippo would eat me up, but then[A7] Teacher says a hippo is a vegeteri- [D7] an[Db] [Db] [Cb][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 [D7] massageI can [G7] see me now on [A#] Christmas morning, [G7] creeping down the [A#] stairsOh what [D7] joy and what surprise, when I [Db] open up my eyesto see a [Bbm] hippo hero [Cb] standing [D7] there I [Db]want a hippopotamus for Christmas; Only a hippopotamus will [Cb] do[D7] No crocodiles, no rhinoceroseses; [A7] I only like hippopota- [D7] musesesAnd [A7] hippopota- [D7] muses like me [Db] too.⠀⠀ Sáng tác: John Rox