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Gayla Peevey - I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas Chords

Chord reference A, D7, G, A7, D
Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑

[A] [D7] I [G]want a hippopotamus for Christmas

Only a hippopotamus will [D]do [D7]Don’t want a doll, no dinky Tinker Toy I [A]want a hippopotamus to play with and en[D7]joy

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

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

I [G]want a hippopotamus for Christmas Only a hippopotamus will [D]do [D7] [D7]No crocodiles, no rhinoceroses [A]I only like hippopota[D]muses And [A]hippopota[D7]muses like me [G]too

Mum says a hippo, will eat me up but then [A]Teacher says a hippo is a [D7]veget [G]arian There’s [D7]lots of room for him in our two car garage [A]I’d feed him there and wash him there and [D7]give him his [G]massage

I can [G7]see me now on [C]Christmas morning, [G7]creeping down the [C]stairs Oh what [D7]joy and what surprise when I [G]open up my eyes to see a [A7]hippo hero [D]standing [D7]there I [G]want a hippopotamus for Christmas, only a hippopotamus will [D]do

[D7]No crocodiles or rhinoceroseses, [A]I only like hippopota[D7]muses And [A]hippopota[D7]muses like me [G]too!

Artist Gayla Peevey
Album I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas / Are My Ears on Straight
Genres Children, Christmas
Year 1953
Key G

How to Play I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas on Guitar?

Gayla Peevey - I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas can be played in the key of G using the A, D7, G, A7, D chords.

  • For A, To play A, press fret 2 on the D string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute G, B.
  • For D7, To play D7, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 3, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 3, let A, D ring open.
  • For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E.
  • For A7, To play A7, let low E, A, G, high E ring open, mute D, B.
  • For D, To play D, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute B.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

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