Last Christmas chords

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Last Christmas

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Chorus: Last Christ-mas I gave you my heart
                Bm
        But the ve-ry next day you gave it a-way
        Em7
        This year to save me from tears
             A
        I'll give it to some-one spe-cial

        D
Chorus: Last Christ-mas I gave you my heart
                Bm
        But the ve-ry next day you gave it away
        Em7
        This year to save me from tears
             A
        I'll give it to some-one spe-cial

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1. Once bit-ten and twice shy
 Bm                                            
   I keep my dis-tance but you still catch my eye
 Em7                                  
   Tell me ba-by do you re-cog-nize me?
Em7/A         A               Em7/A        A
   Well, it's been a year, it doe-sn't sur-prise me

  D
2. "Mer-ry Christ-mas!" I wrapped it up and sent it
   Bm
   With a note say-ing: "I love you!", I meant it
   Em7
   Now I know what a fool I've been
              Em7/A     A                 Em7/A     A
   But if you kissed me now, I know you'd fool me a-gain

        D
Chorus: Last Christ-mas I gave you my heart
                Bm
        But the ve-ry next day you gave it away
        Em7
        This year to save me from tears
             A
        I'll give it to some-one spe-cial

        D
Chorus: Last Christ-mas I gave you my heart
                Bm
        But the ve-ry next day you gave it a-way
        Em7
        This year to save me from tears
             A        
        I'll give it to some-one spe-cial... Oh - (oh)


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Instr: |..oh  | oh oh | ba-by  |  %   |     |  %  |     |  %  | 

 D
3. A crow-ded room, friends with ti-red eyes
 Bm
   Hid-ing from you and your soul of ice
 Em7
   My God, I thought you were some-one to rely on
   Em7/A   A             Em7/A       A
   Me?  I  guess I was a shoul-der to cry on

     D
4. A face on a lo-ver with a fire in his heart
     Bm                                           
   A man un-der-co-ver but you (tore him apart)
                 Em7 
   Tore... me  a-pa-art...  Ooh-hoo
            Em7/A        A                  Em7/A     A
   Now I've found a real love, you'll never fool me a-gain

        D
Chorus: Last Christ-mas I gave you my heart
                Bm
        But the ve-ry next day you gave it a-way (you gave it a-way)
        Em7
        This year to save me from tears
             A        
        I'll give it to some-one spe-cial (spe-cial)

        D
Chorus: Last Christ-mas I gave you my heart
                Bm                                 Em7
        But the ve-ry next day you   gave   me   a-wa-a-ay
                               (you gave it away)
        Em7
        This year to save me from tears
             A        
        I'll give it to some-one spe-cial (special)

     D
5. A face on a lo-ver with a fire in his heart (I gave you my heart)
     Bm
   A man un-der-co-ver but you tore him a-part
   Em7
   May-be ... next year ...
        A                                            
   I'll give it to some-one, I'll give it to some-one...

         D                 Bm          Em7          A
Outro: | Spe-cial |  %  |      |  %  |     |  %  |     |  %  |...

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