Driving Home For Christmas Chords
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Difficulty: | intermediate |
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Tuning: | E A D G B E |
Key: | A |
Capo: | no capo |
Author balljeveir [a] 122. 2 contributors total, last edit on Nov 21, 2019
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Driving Home For Christmas by Chris Rea
Amaj9 A Amaj9
I'm driving home for Christmas
A Dmaj7 D6 Dmaj7
Oh, I can't wait to see those faces
Amaj9 A Amaj9
I'm driving home for Christmas, yea
A Dmaj7 D6 Dmaj7 D6
Well I'm moving down that line
C#m7 F#m7 Bm7
And it's been so long
Esus4
But I will be there
C#m7 F#m7 Bm7
I sing this song
Esus4 C#m7
To pass the time away
F#m7 Bm7
Driving in my car
Esus4 Amaj9 A Amaj9 A
Driving home for Christmas
Dmaj7 D6
It's gonna take some time
Dmaj7 D6
But I'll get there
Amaj9 A Amaj9 A
Top to toe in tailbacks
Dmaj7 D6 Dmaj7 D6
Oh, I got red lights all around
Amaj9 A Amaj9 A
But soon there'll be a freeway
Dmaj7 D6 Dmaj7 D6
Get my feet on holy ground
C#m7 F#m7 Bm7
So I sing for you
Esus4 C#m7
Though you can't hear me
F#m7 Bm7
When I get through
Esus4 C#m7
Oh and feel you near me
F#m7 Bm7
Driving in my car
Esus4 Amaj9 A
I am driving home for Christmas
Dmaj7 D6 Dmaj7 D6
Driving home for Christmas
Amaj9 A Amaj9 A
With a thousand memories
Dmaj7 D6 Dmaj7 D6
I take look at the driver next to me
Amaj9
He's just the same
Dmaj7
Just the same
Middle:
Bm C#m D E F#m E D C#m Gmaj7 Em9
Amaj9 A Amaj9 A
Top to toe in tailbacks
Dmaj7 D6 Dmaj7 D6
Oh, I got red lights all around.
Amaj9 A Amaj9 A
I'm driving home for Christmas, yea
Dmaj7 D6 Dmaj7 D6
Get my feet on holy ground
C#m7 F#m7 Bm7
So I sing for you
Esus4 C#m7
Though you can't hear me
F#m7 Bm7
When I get through
Esus4 C#m7
Oh and feel you near me
F#m7 Bm7
Driving in my car
Esus4 Amaj9 A Amaj9 A
Driving home for Christmas
Dmaj7 D6 Dmaj7 D6
Driving home for Christmas
Amaj9 A Amaj9 A
With a thousand memories.
Dmaj7 D6 Dmaj7 D6
I take a look at the driver next to me
Amaj9 A Amaj9 A
He's just the same
Dmaj7 D6 Dmaj7 D
He's driving home, driving home
Amaj9 (A Amaj9 A)
Driving home for Christmas.
By "balljeveir"
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Try:
e-7---------5
B-5---------5
G-6---------6
D-6---------7
A-0---------0
E-x---------x
For Amaj9 and A and:
e-9---------7
B-10--------7
G-9---------7
D-x---------0
A-x---------x
E-x---------x
For Dmaj7 and D6
I think it works nicely
+9

Learning this to impress a girl ;)
+4

Beautiful chords
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