Chris Rea – Driving Home For Christmas (Guitar Acoustic Tab)

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Title: Driving Home for Christmas Artist: Chris Rea Author and Copyright: MississippiHans (arr.+tab.) Tempo: Q=150, quite fast Capo: 0 Play bass quarters consequently with your right-hand thumb and insert eighths. Eighths are marked by a "+" sign above the tab lines. Emphasize the melody notes. The chord names above the tab lines indicate the left-hand position. Play the E bass string (6th) 2nd fret with your left-hand thumb wrapped around.
[Verse] (2x)
   G                                                                 Bm7      +
E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
B|---------------------|-0-------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
G|----------------0----|------2----2----0----|-2-------------------|-2--------2--------0----|
D|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|------0--------------|-0--------0--------0----|
A|---------------------|---------------------|------2---------2----|-2----2-------2----2----|
E|-3---------3---------|-3---------3---------|-3---------3---------|------------------------|
                  I'm    dri- ving home for    Christmas.
                         Top  to   toe  in     tail-backs.

                                               C                              +
E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
B|---------------------|-0-------------------|---------------------|-0--------0-------------|
G|----------------0----|------2----2----0----|-2-------------------|-------------------2----|
D|------0----2----0----|------0---------0----|------2---------2----|-2--------2--------2----|
A|---------------------|---------------------|-3---------3---------|-3----3-------3----3----|
E|-3---------3---------|-3---------3---------|---------------------|------------------------|
        Oh,  I    can't  wait to   see  those  fa-  ces.
        Oh,  I    got    red  lights all a-    round.

                        G                                           Bm7      +
E|--------------------|---------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
B|--------------------|-0-------------------|------0--------------|------------------------|
G|----------------0---|------2----2----0----|-2-------------------|-2--------2--------0----|
D|------2---------2---|------0---------0----|---------------------|-0--------0--------0----|
A|-3---------3--------|---------------------|------2---------2----|-2----2-------2----2----|
E|--------------------|-3---------3---------|-3---------3---------|------------------------|
                  I'm   dri- ving home for    Christmas.
                  But   soon there'll be a    free-way,

   G                                                                C        +
E|--------------------|---------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
B|--------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-0--------0-------------|
G|--------------------|-0----0----2----0----|-0-------------------|-------------------2----|
D|------0---------2---|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|-2--------2--------2----|
A|--------------------|---------------------|-3-------------------|-3----3-------3----3----|
E|-3---------3--------|-3---------3---------|-----------3---------|------------------------|
              Well, I'm mo-  ving down that   line.
              Get my    feet on   ho-  ly     ground.

   G                                           C
E|---------------------|---------------------|----------------10---|-8-------------------|
B|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|----------------0----|
G|---------------------|----------------2----|-0-------------------|---------------------|
D|---------------------|-0-------------------|------2---------0----|------0---------0----|
A|------2---------3----|------2---------0----|-3---------3---------|-0---------0---------|
E|-3---------3---------|-3---------3---------|---------------------|---------------------|
             And  it's   been           so     long,                                but
             So   I      sing           for    you                                  though

   Bm7                   D                     C
E|---------------------|---------------------|----------------10---|-8-------------------|
B|-0-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|----------------0----|
G|-----------2----0----|-2----2----2---------|-0-------------------|---------------------|
D|------0---------0----|----------------0----|------2---------0----|------0---------0----|
A|-2---------2---------|------0---------0----|-3---------3---------|-0---------0---------|
E|---------------------|-2---------2---------|---------------------|---------------------|
   I         will be     there, I  sing this   song                                 to
   you       can't hear  me.  When I    get    through                              and

   Bm7                   D                     C
E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
B|-0-------------------|---------------------|-0-------------------|---------------------|
G|------2----2----0----|-2-------------------|------2----0---------|----------------0----|
D|------0---------0----|-------0---------0---|----------------4----|-2-------------------|
A|-2---------2---------|---------------------|------3---------3----|------3---------3----|
E|---------------------|-2---------2---------|-3---------3---------|-3---------3---------|
   pass the  time a-     way,                  dri- ving in   my     car.           I'm
   feel you       near   me.                   dri- ving in   my     car.           I'm

   G                                           Bm7      +               G
E|---------------------|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|
B|---------------------|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|
G|-0----0----0---------|-0-------------------|-2--------2--------0----|---------------------|
D|----------------2----|------0---------0----|-0--------0--------0----|---------------------|
A|------2---------2----|------2---------2----|-2----2-------2----2----|------2---------2----|
E|-3---------3---------|-3---------3---------|------------------------|-3---------3---------|
   dri- ving home for    Christmas.
   dri- ving home for    Christmas.

                         C                              +
E|---------------------|---------------------|-7--------7--------5----|---------------------|
B|-0-------------------|---------------------|-5--------5--------5----|---------------------|
G|------2----2----0----|-2-------------------|------5------------5----|------5---------5----|
D|------0---------0----|------2---------2----|-0------------0---------|-0---------0---------|
A|---------------------|-3---------3---------|------------------------|---------------------|
E|-3---------3---------|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|
   Dri- ving home for    Christmas.
   Dri- ving home for    Christmas.                                                    With
[Outro]
E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
B|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
G|-0----0----0---------|---------------------|---------------------|------0---------2----|
D|------2---------2----|-0-------------------|------2----0----4----|-2---------4---------|
A|-3---------3---------|------2---------2----|-3-------------------|---------------------|
E|---------------------|-3---------3---------|---------------------|---------------------|
   thousand  me-  mo-    ries

       +            +              +            +                                         +
E|---------------------------|---------------------------|----------------2----|-5--------5--------3----|
B|-0-------------------------|---------------------------|------0----3---------|-0--------0--------0----|
G|-----0--------2------------|-0-------------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
D|---------2--------4---0----|-----2--------4---0--------|------0---------0----|------0------------0----|
A|-3------------0------------|---------3------------2----|---------------------|------------------------|
E|---------------------------|-3------------2------------|-3---------3---------|-3------------3---------|

                                  +                                              +
E|----------------2----|-5--------5--------3----|-----------3----5----|-7--------7--------5----|
B|------0----3---------|-0--------0--------0----|---------------------|-5--------5--------5----|
G|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|------5------------5----|
D|------0---------0----|------0------------0----|------0---------0----|-0------------0---------|
A|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
E|-3---------3---------|-3------------3---------|-3---------3---------|------------------------|

                                  +                                              +
E|---------------------|-7--------7--------5----|---------------------|-5--------5--------3----|
B|---------------------|-5--------5--------5----|---------------------|-0--------0--------0----|
G|------5---------5----|------5------------5----|------0---------0----|------------------------|
D|-0---------0---------|-0------------0---------|-0---------0---------|------0------------0----|
A|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
E|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|-3------------3---------|

E|---------------------|-3------|
B|---------------------|-0------|
G|---------------------|-0------|
D|------0---------0----|--------|
A|---------------------|--------|
E|-3---------3---------|-3------|