Chris Rea —
Driving Home For Christmas

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± BPM (tempo): ♩ = 90 beats per minute

Lyrics and Music by Chris Rea

Intro: 
  Bbmaj9 Bb | Bbmaj9 Bb
  Ebmaj Eb6 | Ebmaj Eb6  } ×2

    Bbmaj9       Bb            Bbmaj9 Bb
I’m driving home for Christmas.
            Ebmaj
Oh, I can’t wait
       Eb6         Ebmaj Eb6
To see those faces.
    Bbmaj9       Bb
I’m driving home for Christmas,
  Bbmaj9 Bb
Yeah,
          Ebmaj       Eb6       Ebmaj Eb6
Well, I’m moving down that line.

            Dm7     Gm7
   And it’s been so long,
Cm7    Fadd11 F/Eb Dm7
   But I will be there.
               Gm7
   I sing this song
Cm7   Fadd11   F/Eb  Dm7
   To pass the time away
   Gm7     Gm7/F  Eb6 Eb6/D
   Driving in my car,
   Cm7     F7       Bbmaj9   Bb Bbmaj9 Bb
   Driving home for Christmas.

           Ebmaj          Eb6
It’s gonna take some time,
             Ebmaj Eb6
But I’ll get there,
Bbmaj9     Bb           Bbmaj9 Bb
Top to toe in tailbacks.
          Ebmaj          Eb6   Ebmaj Eb6
Oh, I got red lights all around,
    Bbmaj9             Bb
But soon there’ll be a freeway,
  Bbmaj9 Bb
Yeah,
       Ebmaj   Eb6         Ebmaj Eb6
Get my feet on holy ground.

        Dm7      Gm7
   So I sing for you,
Cm7       Fadd11    F/Eb  Dm7
   Though you can’t hear me
              Gm7
   When I get through,
Cm7    Fadd11   F/Eb  Dm7
   And feel you near me
   Gm7     Gm7/F  Eb6 Eb6/D
   Driving in my car,
        Cm7     F7
   I am driving home
       Bbmaj9   Bb Bbmaj9 Bb
   For Christmas.

             Ebmaj        Eb6 Ebmaj
Driving home for Christmas
     Eb6             Bbmaj9 Bb Bbmaj9 Bb
With a thousand memories.
                     Ebmaj
I take look at the driver
        Eb6 Ebmaj Eb6
Next to me,
               Bbmaj9 | Bbmaj9
He’s just the same,
          Ebmaj | Ebmaj
Just the same.

Instrumental: 
  Cm Dm Eb F | Gm F Eb Dm
  G#maj9 | G#maj9 | Fm9 | Fm9

Bbmaj9     Bb           Bbmaj9 Bb
Top to toe in tailbacks,
          Ebmaj          Eb6   Ebmaj Eb6
Oh, I got red lights all around.
    Bbmaj9       Bb
I’m driving home for Christmas,
  Bbmaj9 Bb
Yeah,
       Ebmaj   Eb6         Ebmaj Eb6
Get my feet on holy ground.

        Dm7      Gm7
   So I sing for you,
Cm7       Fadd11    F/Eb  Dm7
   Though you can’t hear me
              Gm7
   When I get through,
Cm7        Fadd11   F/Eb  Dm7
   Oh, and feel you near me
   Gm7     Gm7/F  Eb6 Eb6/D
   Driving in my car,
   Cm7     F7       Bbmaj9   Bb Bbmaj9 Bb
   Driving home for Christmas,
           Ebmaj             Eb6 Ebmaj
   Driving home for Christmas
   Eb6
   With a thousand
         Bbmaj9 Bb Bbmaj9 Bb
   Memories.

                     Ebmaj
I take a look at the driver
        Eb6 Ebmaj Eb6
Next to me,
              Bbmaj9 Bb Bbmaj9 Bb
He’s just the same,
              Ebmaj  Eb6       Ebmaj Eb6
He’s driving home, driving home,
                 Bbmaj9    Bb Bbmaj9 Bb
Driving home for Christmas.

Instrumental: 
  Ebmaj Eb6 | Ebmaj Eb6

                 Bbmaj9    Bb
Driving home for Christmas.