Verse 1:
             GIt's (320003@1)the news that no one hopes for,
          EmEvery (022000@1)parent's greatest fear
CFinding (x32010@1)out the child you love so much
                                                  G (320003@1)Might not make it through the year
                  GNow (320003@1)the thought of spending Christmas
      EmWithout (022000@1)him just feels wrong
                         CThey've (x32010@1)been praying for a miracle,
                                                            GNow (320003@1)they're praying he can just hold on

Chorus:
       C2 (x32030@1)                         EmFor (022000@1)one last Christmas, one last time,
 C2 (x32030@1)                                   D (xx0232@1)                    
One last season when the world is right,
                 EmOne (022000@1)more telling of the story,
               D (xx0232@1)                       EmOne (022000@1)more verse of Silent Night,
                       C2 (x32030@1)                             DThey'd (xx0232@1)give anything so he could have
                  GOne (320003@1)last Christmas.

Verse 2:
   GMiddle (320003@1)of September
         EmStill (022000@1)seventy degrees
           C2Daddy (x32030@1)climbs up in the attic

Brings down candles
                                             GHangs (320003@1)the lights on all the trees,
                GThen (320003@1)the neighbors started asking
                EmAnd (022000@1)pretty soon word got around
C2First (x32030@1)it was the neighborhood,
                                                              GBefore (320003@1)too long they lit up that whole town.

Chorus:
       C2 (x32030@1)                        EmFor (022000@1)one last Christmas, one last time,
C2 (x32030@1)                                    DOne (xx0232@1)last season when the world is right,
                  EmOne (022000@1)more telling of the story,
                 D (xx0232@1)                        EmOne (022000@1)more verse of Silent Night,
                      C2 (x32030@1)                              DThey'd (xx0232@1)give anything so he could have
                       GOne (320003@1)last Christmas.

Verse 3:  
               GTwenty-seventh (320003@1)of October,
       EmHis (022000@1)time was wearing thin
                    C2Friends (x32030@1)and family, even strangers
                                                                GThat (320003@1)they didn't know brought presents in
               GHe (320003@1)was weak but he was smiling
          EmLike (022000@1)there was nothing even wrong
          C2They (x32030@1)said he wouldn't make it,
                                                    GLooks (320003@1)like he got to see it after all

Chorus:
C2 (x32030@1)                            Em (022000@1)  
One last Christmas, one last time,
C2 (x32030@1)                                   DOne (xx0232@1)last season when the world is right,
                 EmOne (022000@1)more telling of the story,
                   D (xx0232@1)                    EmOne (022000@1)more verse of Silent Night,
                      C2 (x32030@1)                            DThey'd (xx0232@1)give anything so he could have
                 GOne (320003@1)last Christmas.