Last Christmas - Wham!

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          Last Christmas – Wham!
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Written by: George Michael
From: "Music from the Edge of Heaven" (1984)

Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

Listen to what this arrangement sounds like: 
https://soundcloud.com/maguri/last-christmas-guitar-demo

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Whatever your strumming pattern, try to incorporate the following changes
into your accompaniment.

 Dsus2  D     
  1 + 2 + 3 + 
e|0-----x-----
B|3-----3-----
G|2-----2-----
D|0-----0-----
A|------------
E|------------

   Dsus2   D  
4 +  1 + 2 + 3
----|0-----x--
----|3-----3--
----|2-----2--
----|0-----0--
----|---------
----|---------

      Bm11   B
 + 4 +  1 + 2 
-------|0-----
-------|3-----
-------|2-----
-------|0-----
-------|2-----
-------|------

m7       Bm11 
+ 3 + 4 +  1 +
x---------|0--
3---------|3--
2---------|2--
0---------|0--
2---------|2--
----------|---

  Bm7
 2 + 3 + 4 +  
---x---------|
---3---------|
---2---------|
---0---------|
---2---------|
-------------|

E9sus4 Em7    
  1 + 2 + 3 + 
e|2-----0-----
B|0-----0-----
G|2-----0-----
D|0-----0-----
A|2-----2-----
E|0-----0-----

   E9sus4 Em7 
4 +  1 + 2 + 3
----|2-----0--
----|0-----0--
----|2-----0--
----|0-----0--
----|2-----2--
----|0-----0--

      Em9/A A7
 + 4 +  1 + 2 
-------|2-----
-------|3-----
-------|0-----
-------|2-----
-------|0-----
-------|------

       Em9/A A
+ 3 + 4 +  1 +
0---------|2--
2---------|3--
0---------|0--
2---------|2--
0---------|0--
----------|---

7
 2 + 3 + 4 +  
---0---------|
---2---------|
---0---------|
---2---------|
---0---------|
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counter-melody
 Dsus2  D     
  1 + 2 + 3 + 
e|--------5---
B|------------
G|2-----------
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------

 (bells)
   Dsus2   D  
4 +  1 + 2 + 3
----|---------
----|---------
--2-|--------2
----|---------
----|---------
----|---------

      Bm11   B
 + 4 +  1 + 2 
-------|0-----
---2-3-|----3-
h4-----|------
-------|------
-------|------
-------|------

m7       Bm11 
+ 3 + 4 +  1 +
----------|---
----------|---
--4-------|---
----------|---
----------|---
----------|---

  Bm7
 2 + 3 + 4 +  
-----5p2-----|
---------3---|
-----------4-|
-------------|
-------------|
-------------|
E7sus4 Em7    
  1 + 2 + 3 + 
e|------------
B|------------
G|------------
D|5-----------
A|------------
E|------------

   E7sus4 Em7 
4 +  1 + 2 + 3
----|--------7
----|---------
----|---------
----|---------
----|---------
----|---------

      Dadd4   
 + 4 +  1 + 2 
-------|------
-8-----|------
---9-6-|------
-------|7-----
-------|------
-------|------

A7       Dadd4
+ 3 + 4 +  1 +
----------|---
----------|---
----------|---
----------|---
----------|---
----------|---

   A7
 2 + 3 + 4 +  
-----3p2-0---|
-----------2-|3
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-------------|
-------------|
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CHORDS
         E-A-D
Dsus2    x-x-0
D        x-x-0
Bm11     x-2-0
Bm7      x-2-0
E9sus4   0-2-0
Em7      0-2-0
Em9/A    x-0-2
A7       x-0-2

-G-B-e
-2-3-0
-2-3-x
-2-3-0 or x-2-4-4-3-0
-2-3-x or x-2-4-4-3-x
-2-0-2
-0-0-0
-0-3-2 (= A13sus4)
-0-2-0
Gmaj7/A  x-0-2
A        x-0-2

-4-3-2 (Outro)
-2-2-0 (Outro)

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[Intro]
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[Chorus]
        
Last  Christma

         
s I gave you m

  
y heart
          
But the very n

         
ext day you ga

     
ve it away
     
This   year, t

        
o save me from

 
 tears,
         
I'll give it t

         
o someone spec

/    
ial

[Chorus]
        
Last  Christma

         
s I gave you m

  
y heart
          
But the very n

         
ext day you ga

              [  ]
ve it away
                                  (You gave it away)
     
This   year, t

        
o save me from

 
 tears,
         
I'll give it t

         
o someone spec

/    
ial
                                (Special)
[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 recog


nize me?
       
  Well, it's b

             
een a year, it

      
 doesn't surpr

    
ise me

[Verse 2]
        
  "Merry Chris

          
tmas!", I wrap

             
ped it up and 


sent it
  (whispered)
       
With a note sa

          
ying: "I love 

         
you!", I meant

 it
     
Now I  know wh

        
at a fool I've

 
 been
           
But if you kis

         
sed me now, I 

           
know you'd foo

   
l me again

[Chorus]
        
Last  Christma

         
s I gave you m

  
y heart
          
But the very n

         
ext day you ga

              [  ]
ve it away
                                  (You gave it away)
     
This   year, t

        
o save me from

 
 tears,
         
I'll give it t

         
o someone spec

/    
ial
                                (Special)
[Chorus]
        
Last  Christma

         
s I gave you m

  
y heart
          
But the very n

         
ext day you ga

     
ve it away
     
This   year, t

        
o save me from

 
 tears,
         
I'll give it t

         
o someone spec

/    
ial
                                (Special)
 [Interlude]
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Oh,           

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  oh, baby
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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 thou

             
ght you were s

       
omeone to rely


 on
      
Me?  I guess I

        
 was a shoulde

     
r to cry on

[Verse 4]
        
A face on a lo

           
ver with a fir

       
e in his heart
        
A man under co

           
ver but you to

        [  ]
re him apart
                         (Tore   me   apa -art )
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Ooh-hoo
         
Now I've found

           
 a real love, 

             
you'll never f

   
ool me again

[Chorus]
        
Last  Christma

         
s I gave you m

  
y heart
          
But the very n

         
ext day you ga

              [  ]
ve it away
                                  (You gave it away)
     
This   year, t

        
o save me from

 
 tears,
         
I'll give it t

         
o someone spec

/    
ial
                                (Special)
[Chorus]
        
Last  Christma

         
s I gave you m

  
y heart
          
But the very n

         
ext day you ga

           [  ]
ve it away
                               (You gave me away-a-ay)
     
This   year, t

        
o save me from

 
 tears,
         
I'll give it t

         
o someone spec

/    
ial
                                (Special)
[Outro]
        
A face on a lo

           
ver with a fir

       
e in his heart
        
A man under co

           
ver but you to

     
re him apart
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        Maybe 

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... next year
        
I'll give it t

            
o someone, I'l

      
l give it to s

 
omeone 


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  Special ... 

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  Someone ...
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(repeat chord pattern and fade out – vocals ad lib)

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