Once Upon a December – simplified

Anastasia, 1997.

Liz Callaway.

Lyricist: Lynn Ahrens

Composer: Stephen Flaherty

Producers: Lynn Ahrens, David Newman, Stephen Flaherty

Label: Atlantic

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Single notes:

B4 D5 F#5

F#4 D5 F#5

B4 D5 F#5

F#4 D5 F#5

Dancing bears, painted wings,


things I almost remember.


And a song someone sings


Once upon a

December.

Someone holds me safe and warm.


Horses prance through a silver storm.


Figures dancing gracefully,


across my memory.

Chromatic A4 – F#5

Someone holds me safe and warm.


Horses prance through a silver storm


Figures dancing gracefully,


across my memory.

Far away,

long ago,


glowing dim as

an ember.


Things my heart

used to know,


things it yearns to

remember.

And a song

someone sings…

once upon a

December