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-------------- | G5 B5 C5 G5 Rolled on out of Motown back in '91 G5 E5 D5 D5 Left them bitter winters for the Florida summer sun G5 G5 Breakin' hearts in theme parks C5 C5 G5 D5 G5 (riff) Smiled for anyone who held a camera to my face and said "Say cheese!" G5 B5 C5 G5 Wound up on the telly With a twinkle in my eye G5 E5 D5 D5 Twinkle disappeared the night I started gettin' high G5 G5 And everything seemed so absurd C5 C5 G5 Until the night I finally heard the sound of Coltrane D5 G5 (riff) It brought me to my knees CHORUS D5 C5 There's a long drive straight through the night G5 D5 Starin' out the window Lookin' for the first signs of daylight G5 C5 Just hold on tight With all of your might G5 D5 G5 (riff) See it takes the time it takes to get it right G5 B5 C5 G5 So I peddled across the country Wound up here in Hollywood G5 E5 D5 D5 Left my high school sweetheart when I realized I could G5 G5 She became a movie star C5 C5 G5 D5 G5 (riff) I've took to sleepin' in my car Still singin' songs about her to this day G5 B5 C5 G5 Drove myself to New York City Chasin' love again G5 E5 D5 D5 She moved me to tears and then I wound up movin' in G5 G5 That Apple got the best of me C5 C5 G5 D5 G5 (riff) So I packed up the rest of me And I grabbed a cab, said "Straight to JFK!" CHORUS D5 C5 There's a long drive straight through the night G5 D5 Starin' out the window Lookin' for the first signs of daylight G5 C5 Just hold on tight With all of your might G5 D5 G5 (riff) See it takes the time it takes to get it right G5 B5 C5 G5 Now I'm back in Hollywood This guitar in my hand G5 E5 D5 D5 These days I'm only using words that I can understand G5 G5 Singin' songs, I'll carry on C5 C5 G5 D5 G5 (riff) Keep at it until I'm dead and gone Then maybe my gravestone will say CHORUS D5 C5 There's a long drive straight through the night G5 D5 Starin' out the window Lookin' for the first signs of daylight G5 C5 Just hold on tight With all of your might G5 D5 G5 (riff) See it takes the time it takes to get it right G5 D5 G5 See it takes the time it takes to get it right (Third time's the charm ) G5 D5 G5 (riff) They say it takes the time it takes to get it right
