Biography:
Tony was born in Pontiac, Michigan on January 23, 1976. Raised among a large music making family, he began singing and playing at the age of three. By age eight he began playing and writing with his cousin and life-long musical companion, Cole Garlak. Together they spent the better part of their school years learning classic rock cover tunes performing in garages and school cafeterias throughout Oakland county. At age 15, he moved to Orlando, Florida
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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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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!
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!
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