True Story Lyrics

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