Chris Rea, Driving Home For Christmas (1988)
Key: :[F#] (w: Chris Rea)

INTRO:
[F#maj9] [F#] [F#maj9] [F#] // [Bmaj7] [B6] [Bmaj7] [B6]
[F#maj9] [F#] [F#maj9] [F#] // [Bmaj7] [B6] [Bmaj7] [B6]

VERSE 1:
I'm [F#maj9] driving home for [F#] Christmas [F#maj9] [F#]
Oh, I can't [Bmaj7] wait to see those [B6] faces [Bmaj7] [B6]
I'm [F#maj9] driving home for [F#] Christmas, yeah [F#maj9] [F#]
Well I'm [Bmaj7] moving down that [B6] line [Bmaj7] [B6]

CHORUS 1:
And it's [A#m7] been so [D#m7] long
[G#m7] But [C#sus4] I will be there
[A#m7] I sing this [D#m7] song
[G#m7] To [C#sus4] pass the time a-[A#m7]-way
[D#m7] Driving in my [G#m7] car
[C#sus4] Driving home for [F#maj9] Christmas [F#] [F#maj9] [F#]
It's gonna [Bmaj7] take some time
[B6] But I'll get [Bmaj7] there [B6]

VERSE 2:
[F#maj9] Top to toe in [F#] tailbacks [F#maj9] [F#]
Oh, I got [Bmaj7] red lights [B6] all around [Bmaj7] [B6]
[F#maj9] But soon there'll be a [F#] freeway [F#maj9] [F#]
Get my [Bmaj7] feet on holy [B6] ground [Bmaj7] [B6]

CHORUS 2:
So I [A#m7] sing for [D#m7] you
[G#m7] Though [C#sus4] you can't hear me
[A#m7] When I get [D#m7] through
[G#m7] Oh and [C#sus4] feel you near me [A#m7]
[D#m7] Driving in my [G#m7] car
I'm [C#sus4] driving home for [F#maj9] Christmas [F#] [F#maj9] [F#]
Driving home for [Bmaj7] Christmas [B6] [Bmaj7] [B6]

CHORUS EXT:
With a thousand memor-[F#maj9]-ies [F#] [F#maj9] [F#]
I take look at the [Bmaj7] driver next to [B6] me [Bmaj7] [B6]

INTERLUDE:
He's just the [F#maj7 open] same, just the [Bmaj7 open] same

BRIDGE:
[G#m] [A#m] [B] [C#] // [Dm] [C#] [B] [A#m]
[Emaj7 open] [C#m9 open]

REPEAT VERSE 2:

REPEAT CHORUS 2:

OUTRO:
He's just the [F#maj9] same [F#] [F#maj9] [F#]
He's driving [Bmaj7] home, driving [B6] home [Bmaj7] [B6]
Driving home for [F#maj9] Christmas [F#] [F#maj9] [F#]
[Bmaj7] [B6] [Bmaj7] [B6] // [F# open]

OPTIONAL OUTRO:
[G#m] [A#m] [B] [C#] // [F# open]

ADDITIONAL INFO:

[*CHORDS*]
MAIN
xx7657 - Amaj9
xx7655 - A
xx7779 - Dmaj7
xx7777 - D6
CHORUS
x46454 - C#m7
242222 - F#m7
x24232 - Bm7
022200 - Esus4
xx7654 - Amaj7
BRIDGE
x2443x - Bm
x4665x - C#m
x5777x - D
x7999x - E
xx4675 - Fm / or x.9.11.11.10.x
xx5432 - Gmaj7
x20002 - Em9

NOTE: The "ADDITIONAL INFO" section shows information based on the original song key only, and may not be modified when transposing.