I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas Chords by Kacey Musgraves

[A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _
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I want a hippopotamus for [F#] Christmas [G] _ Only _ [D] hippopotamus will do
_ I don't want a doll, no dinky tinker toy [A] 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 you
He won't have to use our dirty chimney [A] flue He's bringing through the front door, that's
the easy [D] thing to do [G] I can see me [C] now on Christmas [Dm] morning
Breathing down the [C] _
stairs Oh [D] what a joy and what a surprise
[G] When I open up my eyes I [A] see my hippo hero [D]
standing _ [D] there
_ _ I [G] want a _ hippopotamus for Christmas _ Only _ [D] hippopotamus will do _
No _ crocodiles or rhinoceroses [A] I only like _ [D] _
[A] hippopotamuses
And [D] hippopotamuses [G] like me too
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ Mom says the hippo would eat me up but then [A] My teacher says a hippo is a vegetarian
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
[G] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
There's lots of room for him in our tin car garage
[A] I'd feed him there and wash him there [D] and give him his massage
[Dm] I can see [G] me now [C] on Christmas morning
[G] _ Breathing down [C] the [Am] stairs Oh what a [D] joy and what a surprise
[G] When I 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 or _ rhinoceroses [A] I only like _ [D] _ hippopotamuses
[A] And _ [D] hippopotamuses [G] like me too _ _
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