Frontier Ruckus - Christmas Eve, Driving Home ------------------------------ Tune of Greensleeves, Key of C ------------------------------ 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