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Christmas Eve Driving Home
Frontier Ruckus
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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
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