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: ||---------------------| ||0-------0/1----0-----| ||---------------0-----| ||--------0------------| ||2--------------2-----| ||------3--------------| G B C G Rolled on out of Motown back in '91 G Em D7 D Left them bitter winters for the Florida summer sun G G7 Breakin' hearts in theme parks C Cm G D7 G (riff) Smiled for anyone who held a camera to my face and said "Say cheese!" G B C G Wound up on the telly With a twinkle in my eye G Em D7 D Twinkle disappeared the night I started gettin' high G G7 And everything seemed so absurd C Cm G Until the night I finally heard the sound of Coltrane D7 G (riff) It brought me to my knees CHORUS D C There's a long drive straight through the night G D7 Starin' out the window Lookin' for the first signs of daylight G C Just hold on tight With all of your might G D7 G (riff) See it takes the time it takes to get it right G B C G So I peddled across the country Wound up here in Hollywood G Em D7 D Left my high school sweetheart when I realized I could G G7 She became a movie star C Cm G D7 G (riff) I've took to sleepin' in my car Still singin' songs about her to this day G B C G Drove myself to New York City Chasin' love again G Em D7 D She moved me to tears and then I wound up movin' in G G7 That Apple got the best of me C Cm G D7 G (riff) So I packed up the rest of me And I grabbed a cab, said "Straight to JFK!" CHORUS D C There's a long drive straight through the night G D7 Starin' out the window Lookin' for the first signs of daylight G C Just hold on tight With all of your might G D7 G (riff) See it takes the time it takes to get it right G B C G Now I'm back in Hollywood This guitar in my hand G Em D7 D These days I'm only using words that I can understand G G7 Singin' songs, I'll carry on C Cm G D7 G (riff) Keep at it until I'm dead and gone Then maybe my gravestone will say CHORUS D C There's a long drive straight through the night G D7 Starin' out the window Lookin' for the first signs of daylight G C Just hold on tight With all of your might G D7 G (riff) See it takes the time it takes to get it right G D7 G See it takes the time it takes to get it right (Third time's the charm) G D7 G (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!
