I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays390

I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas by Jonas Brothers is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, G, Bm, F#m, A, Am and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			  D                                            G 
i want a hippopotamus for christmas  
   D                                    G 
a hippopotamus is all i want 
   Bm                                  
i don't want a dog or a rhinoceros  
F#m 
all i want for christmas is a hippopotamus 
           G                A                 D 
and a hippopotamus wants me too 

 D                                            G 
i want a hippopotamus for christmas  
   D                                    G 
a hippopotamus is all i want 
   Bm                                  
i don't want a dog cuz dogs are such a fuss  
F#m 
all i want for christmas is a hippopotamus 
           G                A                 D 
and a hippopotamus wants me too 

          Bm                      A 
i can see me now on christmas morning  
Am                             D 
creeping down the stairs 
        C                             
and because i looked surprised 
             D 
when i open up my eyes 
             C                  D 
i see a hippo hero standing there 

  D                                            G 
i want a hippopotamus for christmas  
   D                                    G 
a hippopotamus is all i want 
   Bm                                  
i don't want a dog no rhinoceros  
F#m 
all i want for christmas is a hippopotamus 
           G                A                 D 
and a hippopotamus wants me too 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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