Driving Home For Christmas - Chris Rea

Simplified chord chart for Driving Home For Christmas - Chris Rea (karaoke of Musisi Karaoke), in A at 89 BPM: 6 chords instead of 7, and 37 changes instead of 37. Sevenths became triads (A, Bm, C#m, D, Em, G), which cuts down the shapes you have to learn. Good for playing along all the way through without stalling on a change.

KeyA

Tempo 89 BPM

Chord changes37

ChannelMusisi Karaoke

In this version the sevenths were reduced to triads, but no change was merged: in this song the chords already last long enough, so the number of changes is the same. A diminished chord appears as minor — that is a substitution, not an equivalence: it sounds close when you are playing along, but it is not the same chord. For the harmony as it is, use the full version.

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Diatonic chords of A

Degrees of the key
I	ii	iii	IV	V	vi	vii°
A	Bm	C#m	D	E	F#m	G#°

Chord track

Click any chord to jump the video to that point.

Notes that make up each chord

Useful for one-note-at-a-time instruments — sax, trumpet, flute, violin: they do not play the chord, they play its notes.

Chord	Notes	Functions
A	A C# E	root, major third, fifth
Bm	B D F#	root, minor third, fifth
C#m	C# E G#	root, minor third, fifth
D	D F# A	root, major third, fifth
Em	E G B	root, minor third, fifth
G	G B D	root, major third, fifth

Full chord chart with timings

The same sequence as a table, for reference or printing.

#	Time	Chord	Length
1	0:00	A	6.8s
2	0:07	Bm	6.0s
3	0:13	A	4.7s
4	0:17	Bm	6.0s
5	0:23	A	4.7s
6	0:28	Bm	6.0s
7	0:34	A	4.7s
8	0:39	Bm	5.3s
9	0:44	C#m	16.0s
10	1:00	A	5.3s
11	1:05	Bm	6.0s
12	1:11	A	4.7s
13	1:16	Bm	6.0s
14	1:22	A	4.7s
15	1:27	Bm	5.3s
16	1:32	C#m	16.0s
17	1:48	A	5.3s
18	1:53	Bm	6.0s
19	1:59	A	4.7s
20	2:04	Bm	5.3s
21	2:09	A	5.3s
22	2:15	D	10.7s
23	2:25	G	5.3s
24	2:31	Em	5.3s
25	2:36	A	5.3s
26	2:41	Bm	6.0s
27	2:47	A	4.7s
28	2:52	Bm	5.3s
29	2:57	C#m	16.0s
30	3:13	A	5.3s
31	3:19	Bm	6.0s
32	3:25	A	4.7s
33	3:29	Bm	5.3s
34	3:35	A	5.3s
35	3:40	Bm	6.0s
36	3:46	A	4.7s
37	3:51	Bm	—