Chris Rea, Driving Home For Christmas (1988)
^{Key: :[D] (w: Chris Rea)}

INTRO:
[Dmaj9] [D] [Dmaj9] [D] // [Gmaj7] [G6] [Gmaj7] [G6]
[Dmaj9] [D] [Dmaj9] [D] // [Gmaj7] [G6] [Gmaj7] [G6]

VERSE 1:
I'm [Dmaj9] driving home for [D] Christmas [Dmaj9] [D]
Oh, I can't [Gmaj7] wait to see those [G6] faces [Gmaj7] [G6]
I'm [Dmaj9] driving home for [D] Christmas, yeah [Dmaj9] [D]
Well I'm [Gmaj7] moving down that [G6] line [Gmaj7] [G6]

CHORUS 1:
And it's [F#m7] been so [Bm7] long
[Em7] But [Asus4] I will be there
[F#m7] I sing this [Bm7] song
[Em7] To [Asus4] pass the time a-[F#m7]-way
[Bm7] Driving in my [Em7] car
[Asus4] Driving home for [Dmaj9] Christmas [D] [Dmaj9] [D]
It's gonna [Gmaj7] take some time
[G6] But I'll get [Gmaj7] there [G6]

VERSE 2:
[Dmaj9] Top to toe in [D] tailbacks [Dmaj9] [D]
Oh, I got [Gmaj7] red lights [G6] all around [Gmaj7] [G6]
[Dmaj9] But soon there'll be a [D] freeway [Dmaj9] [D]
Get my [Gmaj7] feet on holy [G6] ground [Gmaj7] [G6]

CHORUS 2:
So I [F#m7] sing for [Bm7] you
[Em7] Though [Asus4] you can't hear me
[F#m7] When I get [Bm7] through
[Em7] Oh and [Asus4] feel you near me [F#m7]
[Bm7] Driving in my [Em7] car
I'm [Asus4] driving home for [Dmaj9] Christmas [D] [Dmaj9] [D]
Driving home for [Gmaj7] Christmas [G6] [Gmaj7] [G6]

CHORUS EXT:
With a thousand memor-[Dmaj9]-ies [D] [Dmaj9] [D]
I take look at the [Gmaj7] driver next to [G6] me [Gmaj7] [G6]

INTERLUDE:
He's just the [Dmaj7 open] same, just the [Gmaj7 open] same

BRIDGE:
[Em] [F#m] [G] [A] // [A#m] [A] [G] [F#m]
[Cmaj7 open] [Am9 open]

REPEAT VERSE 2:

REPEAT CHORUS 2:

OUTRO:
He's just the [Dmaj9] same [D] [Dmaj9] [D]
He's driving [Gmaj7] home, driving [G6] home [Gmaj7] [G6]
Driving home for [Dmaj9] Christmas [D] [Dmaj9] [D]
[Gmaj7] [G6] [Gmaj7] [G6] // [D open]

OPTIONAL OUTRO:
[Em] [F#m] [G] [A] // [D open]