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

INTRO:
[G#maj9] [G#] [G#maj9] [G#] // [C#maj7] [C#6] [C#maj7] [C#6]
[G#maj9] [G#] [G#maj9] [G#] // [C#maj7] [C#6] [C#maj7] [C#6]

VERSE 1:
I'm [G#maj9] driving home for [G#] Christmas [G#maj9] [G#]
Oh, I can't [C#maj7] wait to see those [C#6] faces [C#maj7] [C#6]
I'm [G#maj9] driving home for [G#] Christmas, yeah [G#maj9] [G#]
Well I'm [C#maj7] moving down that [C#6] line [C#maj7] [C#6]

CHORUS 1:
And it's [Cm7] been so [Fm7] long
[A#m7] But [D#sus4] I will be there
[Cm7] I sing this [Fm7] song
[A#m7] To [D#sus4] pass the time a-[Cm7]-way
[Fm7] Driving in my [A#m7] car
[D#sus4] Driving home for [G#maj9] Christmas [G#] [G#maj9] [G#]
It's gonna [C#maj7] take some time
[C#6] But I'll get [C#maj7] there [C#6]

VERSE 2:
[G#maj9] Top to toe in [G#] tailbacks [G#maj9] [G#]
Oh, I got [C#maj7] red lights [C#6] all around [C#maj7] [C#6]
[G#maj9] But soon there'll be a [G#] freeway [G#maj9] [G#]
Get my [C#maj7] feet on holy [C#6] ground [C#maj7] [C#6]

CHORUS 2:
So I [Cm7] sing for [Fm7] you
[A#m7] Though [D#sus4] you can't hear me
[Cm7] When I get [Fm7] through
[A#m7] Oh and [D#sus4] feel you near me [Cm7]
[Fm7] Driving in my [A#m7] car
I'm [D#sus4] driving home for [G#maj9] Christmas [G#] [G#maj9] [G#]
Driving home for [C#maj7] Christmas [C#6] [C#maj7] [C#6]

CHORUS EXT:
With a thousand memor-[G#maj9]-ies [G#] [G#maj9] [G#]
I take look at the [C#maj7] driver next to [C#6] me [C#maj7] [C#6]

INTERLUDE:
He's just the [G#maj7 open] same, just the [C#maj7 open] same

BRIDGE:
[A#m] [Cm] [C#] [D#] // [Em] [D#] [C#] [Cm]
[F#maj7 open] [D#m9 open]

REPEAT VERSE 2:

REPEAT CHORUS 2:

OUTRO:
He's just the [G#maj9] same [G#] [G#maj9] [G#]
He's driving [C#maj7] home, driving [C#6] home [C#maj7] [C#6]
Driving home for [G#maj9] Christmas [G#] [G#maj9] [G#]
[C#maj7] [C#6] [C#maj7] [C#6] // [G# open]

OPTIONAL OUTRO:
[A#m] [Cm] [C#] [D#] // [G# 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.