Frontier Ruckus - Christmas Eve Driving Home Chords & Tabs

 

Christmas Eve Driving Home Chords & Tabs

Frontier Ruckus Chords & Tabs

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Christmas Eve Driving Home Chords

   
Frontier Ruckus - Christmas Eve, Driving Home
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Tune of Greensleeves, Key of C
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INTRO:
Am
Am - C - G   -   F   -   E
Am - C - G   -   F - E - Am
C    -   G   -   F   -   E
C    -   G   -   F - E - Am

VERSE 1:
                  Am
The churchyard is frozen
    Dm7               G
The Salvation Army is closin'
              Dm       Am
Your child is dozin' asleep
Dm         Am
In the backseat
    Dm    Am
The radio purrs
    Dm        Am                Dm             Am    Em7
The heater is sweeter than when your heart was hers
         Am
Going home

VERSE 2:
              Am
I can't get sleep
Dm7                       G
Bethlehem is a flock of sheep
        Dm          Am
With no shepherd to cling to
   Dm       Am
An angel to sing to
Dm      Am        Em7
Magi to bring you myrrh
          Am
The radio purrs
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VERSE 3:
             Am
A mansion of saviors
Dm7                    G
I-75 is a dark roadway lined
     G                 G     G
With the wild electricity of the
  Dm      Am
Animal behaviors
    Dm        Am
The bodies of young deer
    Dm        Am
The fam'ly it leads to
    Dm        Am           Em7
The sacrifice needs to not mar
                  Am
The bright beacon star

VERSE 4:
           Am
No vacancy taken
    Dm7                                      G
The landscape is bone-chalk yet wet with vibrations
         Dm           Am
From the lamp-lit gas stations
    Dm          Am
Our few constellations
   Dm             Am      Em7
To course lapping anger onto
            Am
A manger of patience

VERSE 5:
                Am
I'll see you at morning
    Dm7         G
The sterile air coming
         Dm             Am
From the yard will come white light
    Dm        Am
The memory of last night
    Dm           Am           Em7
The sickness and thickness of the
               Am
Christmas glow swarming

OUTRO:
C  -  G  -  F   -   E
C  -  G  -  F - E - Am