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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

BRIDGE:
[D#m] [Fm] [F#] [G#] // [Am] [G#] [F#] [Fm]
[Bmaj7 open] [G#m9 open]

REPEAT VERSE 2:

REPEAT CHORUS 2:

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

OPTIONAL OUTRO:
[D#m] [Fm] [F#] [G#] // [C# 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.