Driving Home For Christmas By Chris Rea

Intro [G] [C] [G] [C]

Verse 1

I'm [G]driving home for Christmas,

Oh, I [C]can't wait to see those faces,

[G]I'm driving home for Christmas, yeah,

Well, [C]I'm moving down that line.

Verse 2

And [Bm]it's [Em]been so [Am]long,

[D]but I will be [Bm]there,

I sing [Em]this song [Am] [D]to pass the time a-[Bm]way,

[Em]Driving in my [Am]car, [D]driving home for [G]Christmas.

Verse 3

It's gonna take [C]some time, but I'll get there,

[G]Top to toe in tailbacks, oh, I got [C]red lights all around,

[G]But soon there'll be a freeway, girl,

get [C]my feet on holy ground.

Verse 4

So [Bm]I sing [Em]for you, [Am]though [D]you can't hear me,

[Bm]When I get [Em]through, [Am]and [D]feel you near me,

[Bm] [Em] [Am] [D]I’m driving home for [G]Christmas.

Verse 5

Driving home for [C]Christmas, with a thousand memo-[G]ries.

I take a look at the driver [C]next to me,

he's just the [G]same, just the [C]same.

Instrumental [Am] [Bm] [C] [D] [Em] [D] [C] [Bm] [F] [Dm]

[G]Top to toe in tailbacks, oh, I got [C]red lights all around,

[G]I'm driving home for Christmas, yeah, get [C]my feet on holy ground.

Verse 6

So [Bm]I sing [Em]for you, [Am]though [D]you can't hear me,

[Bm]when I get [Em]through, [Am]oh, and [D]feel you near me, [Bm]

[Em]Driving in my [Am]car, [D]driving home for [G]Christmas.

Verse 7

Driving home for [C]Christmas with a thousand memo-[G]ries.

I take a look at the [C]driver next to me, he's just the [G]same,

he's driving [C]home, driving home, driving home for [G]Christmas [C]