To match the original recording tune a bit sharp of a half step down.


[Intro]
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[Chorus]

Last Christmas

 I gave you my

 heart
        
But the very n

ext day you ga

ve it away

This year to s

ave me from te

ars
     
I'll give it t

o someone spec

ial

[Chorus]

Last Christmas

 I gave you my

 heart
        
But the very n

ext day you ga

ve it away

This year to s

ave me from te

ars
     
I'll give it t

o someone spec

ial

[Interlude]
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[Verse 1]

 Once bitten a

nd twice shy
            
 I keep my dis

              
tance but you 

              
still catch my

[  ]
 eye

 Tell me baby 

do you recogni

ze me?

 Well, it's be

en a year, it 

doesn't surpri

se me

[Verse 2]

 "Merry Christ

mas!" I wrappe

d it up and se

nt it
 (whispered)

With a note sa

ying: "I love 

you!", I meant

 it

Now I know wha

t a fool I've 

been
           
But if you kis

sed me now, I 

know you'd foo

l me again

[Chorus]

Last Christmas

 I gave you my

 heart
        
But the very n

ext day you ga

ve it away

This year to s

ave me from te

ars
     
I'll give it t

o someone spec

ial

[Chorus]

Last Christmas

 I gave you my

 heart
        
But the very n

ext day you ga

ve it away

This year to s

ave me from te

ars
     
I'll give it t

o someone spec

ial

[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]

 Crowded room,

 friends with 

tired eyes

 Hiding from y

ou and your so

ul of ice

 My God, I tho

ught you were 

someone to rel

y on

Me? I guess I 

was a shoulder

 to cry on

[Verse 4]
  
A face on a lo

ver with a fir

e in his heart
            
A man undercov

              
er but you tor

            [  ]
e him apart
                        (To-o-ore   me  apa-art)

    Ooh-hoo
         
Now I've found

 a real love, 

you'll never f

ool me again

[Chorus]

Last Christmas

 I gave you my

 heart
        
But the very n

ext day you ga

ve it away

This year to s

ave me from te

ars
     
I'll give it t

o someone spec

ial

[Chorus]

Last Christmas

 I gave you my

 heart
        
But the very n

ext day you ga

ve it away

This year to s

ave me from te

ars
     
I'll give it t

o someone spec

ial

[Verse 5]
  
A face on a lo

ver with a fir

e in his heart
  
A man undercov

er but you tor

e him apart

 Maybe ... nex

t year ...
(spoken)
             
I'll give it t

              
o someone, I'l

              
l give it to s

          [  
omeone ... spe

]
cial

[Fade-out]
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   Special!   

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 Someone ...
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