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Chris Rea
Driving Home For Christmas

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© Chorded by Mikhail Ocheret // specialist (https://Muzland.info)
± BPM (tempo): ♩ = 90 beats per minute

Lyrics and Music by Chris Rea


Intro: 
  Cmaj C | Cmaj C
  Fmaj F6 | Fmaj F6  } ×2

    Cmaj         C             Cmaj  C
I’m driving home for Christmas.
            Fmaj
Oh, I can’t wait
       F6          Fmaj F6
To see those faces.
    Cmaj         C
I’m driving home for Christmas,
  Cmaj  C
Yeah,
          Fmaj        F6        Fmaj F6
Well, I’m moving down that line.

            Em7     Am7
   And it’s been so long,
Dm7    Gadd11 G    Em7
   But I will be there.
               Am7
   I sing this song
Dm7   Gadd11   G     Em7
   To pass the time away
   Am7            F6      
   Driving in my car,
   Dm7     G7       Cmaj     C Cmaj  C
   Driving home for Christmas.

           Fmaj           F6
It’s gonna take some time,
             Fmaj  F6
But I’ll get there,
Cmaj       C            Cmaj  C
Top to toe in tailbacks.
          Fmaj           F6    Fmaj F6
Oh, I got red lights all around,
    Cmaj               C
But soon there’ll be a freeway,
  Cmaj  C
Yeah,
       Fmaj    F6          Fmaj F6
Get my feet on holy ground.

        Em7      Am7
   So I sing for you,
Dm7       Gadd11    G     Em7
   Though you can’t hear me
              Am7
   When I get through,
Dm7    Gadd11   G     Em7
   And feel you near me
   Am7            F6      
   Driving in my car,
        Dm7     G7
   I am driving home
       Cmaj     C Cmaj  C
   For Christmas.

             Fmaj         F6 Fmaj
Driving home for Christmas
     F6              Cmaj  C Cmaj  C
With a thousand memories.
                     Fmaj
I take look at the driver
        F6 Fmaj F6
Next to me,
               Cmaj  |      
He’s just the same,
          Fmaj |     
Just the same.

Instrumental: 
  Dm Em F G | Am G F Em
  Bbmaj | Bbmaj | Gm7 | Gm7

Cmaj       C            Cmaj  C
Top to toe in tailbacks,
          Fmaj           F6    Fmaj F6
Oh, I got red lights all around.
    Cmaj         C
I’m driving home for Christmas,
  Cmaj  C
Yeah,
       Fmaj    F6          Fmaj F6
Get my feet on holy ground.

        Em7      Am7
   So I sing for you,
Dm7       Gadd11    G     Em7
   Though you can’t hear me
              Am7
   When I get through,
Dm7        Gadd11   G     Em7
   Oh, and feel you near me
   Am7            F6      
   Driving in my car,
   Dm7     G7       Cmaj     C Cmaj  C
   Driving home for Christmas,
           Fmaj              F6 Fmaj
   Driving home for Christmas
   F6
   With a thousand
         Cmaj  C Cmaj  C
   Memories.

                     Fmaj
I take a look at the driver
        F6 Fmaj F6
Next to me,
              Cmaj  C Cmaj  C
He’s just the same,
              Fmaj   F6        Fmaj F6
He’s driving home, driving home,
                 Cmaj      C Cmaj  C
Driving home for Christmas.

Instrumental: 
  Fmaj F6 | Fmaj F6

                 Cmaj      C
Driving home for Christmas.
 
 

Finger notations of uku chords

Cmaj for ukulele
C for ukulele
Fmaj for ukulele
F6 for ukulele
Em7 for ukulele
Am7 for ukulele
Dm7 for ukulele
Gadd11 for ukulele
G for ukulele
G7 for ukulele
Dm for ukulele
Em for ukulele
F for ukulele
Am for ukulele
Bbmaj for ukulele
Gm7 for ukulele

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Ukulele accompaniment chords are extremely close to the original, with consideration of the instrument’s realities.

 


 

 

 

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