WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Tony Lucca - True Story Ukulele | Ver. 1
This can be played strummed but sounds nice with just about any finger-picking pattern.
These are the chords in standard tuning, I believe he plays with a capo on the second
fret. After each verse he stops his finger-picking and plays a tiny pattern (I'll call it "riff")-
RIFF:
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F E F F
Rolled on out of Motown back in '91
F Am C7 G
Left them bitter winters for the Florida summer sun
F C7
Breakin' hearts in theme parks
F Fm F C7
F (riff)
Smiled for anyone who held a camera to my face and said "Say cheese!"
F E F F
Wound up on the telly With a twinkle in my eye
F Am C7 G
Twinkle disappeared the night I started gettin' high
F C7
And everything seemed so absurd
F Fm F
Until the night I finally heard the sound of Coltrane
C7 F (riff)
It brought me to my knees
CHORUS
G F
There's a long drive straight through the night
F C7
Starin' out the window Lookin' for the first signs of daylight
F F
Just hold on tight With all of your might
F C7 F (riff)
See it takes the time it takes to get it right
F E F F
So I peddled across the country Wound up here in Hollywood
F Am C7 G
Left my high school sweetheart when I realized I could
F C7
She became a movie star
F Fm F
C7 F (riff)
I've took to sleepin' in my car Still singin' songs about her to this day
F E F F
Drove myself to New York City Chasin' love again
F Am C7 G
She moved me to tears and then I wound up movin' in
F C7
That Apple got the best of me
F Fm F
C7 F (riff)
So I packed up the rest of me And I grabbed a cab, said "Straight to JFK!"
CHORUS
G F
There's a long drive straight through the night
F C7
Starin' out the window Lookin' for the first signs of daylight
F F
Just hold on tight With all of your might
F C7 F (riff)
See it takes the time it takes to get it right
F E F F
Now I'm back in Hollywood This guitar in my hand
F Am C7 G
These days I'm only using words that I can understand
F C7
Singin' songs, I'll carry on
F Fm F C7
F (riff)
Keep at it until I'm dead and gone Then maybe my gravestone will say
CHORUS
G F
There's a long drive straight through the night
F C7
Starin' out the window Lookin' for the first signs of daylight
F F
Just hold on tight With all of your might
F C7 F (riff)
See it takes the time it takes to get it right
F C7 F
See it takes the time it takes to get it right (Third time's the charm)
F C7 F (riff)
They say it takes the time it takes to get it right
First tab, so feel free to let me know if I made any mistakes!
