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Last Christmas
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00:00 Song Demo (Key: A, Capo 2)
01:58 Lesson Intro
02:18 Why 2 Keys Gregory?
02:58 Chords (Key: A, Capo 2)
04:36 Chords (Original Key: D)
06:25 Strumming Pattern Option 1
07:07 Strumming Pattern Option 2
07:57 Strumming Fill
09:45 Song Demo (Original Key: D)
12:02 Lesson Outro

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Alternate version(s):
Last Christmas (lower male voice)

[Intro]

|D   |Bm |Em  |A  |

 

[Chorus]

 D

Last Christmas I gave you my heart

         Bm

But the very next day you gave it away

  Em

This year, to save me from tears

      A

I'll give it to someone special

 

 D

Last Christmas I gave you my heart

         Bm

But the very next day you gave it away

  Em

This year, to save me from tears

      A

I'll give it to someone special

 

[Interlude]

|D   |Bm |Em  |A  |

 

 

[Verse 1]

D

  Once bitten and twice shy

Bm

  I keep my distance, but you still catch my eye

Em

  Tell me baby, do you recognize me?

A

  Well, it's been a year, it doesn't surprise me

 

D

  Happy Christmas, I wrapped it up and sent it

 Bm

With a note saying "I love you", I meant it

 Em

Now I know what a fool I've been

            A

But if you kissed me now, I know you'd fool me again

 

[Chorus]

 D

Last Christmas I gave you my heart

         Bm

But the very next day you gave it away

  Em

This year, to save me from tears

      A

I'll give it to someone special

 

 

 D

Last Christmas I gave you my heart

         Bm

But the very next day you gave it away

  Em

This year, to save me from tears

      A

I'll give it to someone special

 

[Interlude]

|D   |Bm |Em  |A  |

 

[Verse 2]

D

  A crowded room, friends with tired eyes

Bm

  I'm hiding from you and your soul of ice

Em

  My God, I thought you were someone to rely on

 A

Me? I guess I was a shoulder to cry on

 

   D

A face on a lover with a fire in his heart

   Bm

A man under cover, but you tore me apart

Em                 A

  Oh, oh now I've found a real love

You'll never fool me again

 

[Chorus]

 D

Last Christmas I gave you my heart

         Bm

But the very next day you gave it away

  Em

This year, to save me from tears

      A

I'll give it to someone special

 

 D

Last Christmas I gave you my heart

         Bm

But the very next day you gave it away

  Em

This year, to save me from tears

      A

I'll give it to someone special

 

[Outro]

   D

A face on a lover with a fire in his heart (I gave you mine)

   Bm

A man under cover, but you tore me apart

Em                      A

  Maybe next year I'll give it to someone

                          D

I'll give it to someone special

        Bm          Em A

Special,    so long