E
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
                          B
Only a hippopotamus will do
   B
I don't want a doll, no dinky Tinkertoy
   F#m                     B           
I want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy

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

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

   E                      
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
                          B
Only a hippopotamus will do
 B
No crocodiles, or rhinoceroseses
F#m          B
I only like hippopotamuseses
     A        B          E
And hippopotamuses like me too

E B F#m B
E B

 B
Mom says the hippo would eat me up
          F#m                            
But then teacher says a hippo is a vegetarian

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

   E                      F
I want a hippopotamus, I want a hippopotamus
          F#              G
I want a hip.., I want a hip...
   Ab            A      Bb     B
I really really really want a hippopotamus

   E
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
                          B
Only a hippopotamus will do
   B
I don't want a doll, no dinky Tinkertoy
   F#m                     B           
I want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy
 
 E
La la la la la la la la la la
                         B
La la la la la la la la la
 B
No crocodiles, or rhinoceroseses
F#m          B
I only like hippopotamuseses
     A        B          E     A B E
And hippopotamuses like me too
   E
Christmas....!!!