You gotta pretty much listen to the song for exact timing and rythm. The song’s on
if you got that, or on youtube if not. Youtube here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?vGsys83-hl7U

and his website; http://www.tonylucca.com/

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the G/C chord you switch to from the G looks like this.

e|–3————|
B|–1————|
G|—————|
D|–2————|
A|—————|
E|–3————|

Verses go like this:

G – G/C x3.5 times
I guess I?ll miss you, one more night
I keep tryin, to get it right
G – G/C x3.5 times
I got no story, ain?t been told
These tired excuses, girl they?re gettin old

Cause Darling I don?t wanna let you down
with all these dead end dreams and all this running ?round
But Darling I could never let you get away
I?ll do my best to make you stay,
(walk to C) C G (back to the intro switches when on this G)
stay yeah

This road keeps callin, out my name
Like a moth I cling to, its eternal flame

Cause Darling I don?t wanna let you down
hiding from myself, running town to town
But Darling I, could never let you get away
I pray you?ll love me either way

Bridge:

Time on my hands, love on my mind
and I?m always on the run
Stars in my dreams, songs in my heart
and in my eyes you?re the only one
If I?ve taken you for granted,
Am (walk up to C) C
go on take me for the fool that I?ve become

(throw in one round of the G – G/C – G switch here before back on chorus)

Cause Darling I don?t wanna let you down
hiding from myself, running town to town
But Darling I, could never let you get away
I?ll pray you love me either way

Cause Darling I could never let you down
with all these dead end dreams and all this running ?round
But Darling I could never let you get away
I?ll do my best to make you stay…

(YouTube link of the song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?vZB5IsEU1bvU)

Chords used throughout the song:

EADGBe
G (320003)
Am (x02210)
C (x32010)
Bm (x24432)
Em (022000)
D (xx0232)
Cadd9 (x32033)
D7 (xx0212)

Intro:

Verse:

G Am C G x2
(Black night sky…)
(14 days of…)

Pre-Chorus:

(Why can’t you…)

Chorus:

(I’ve been reading…)

(Can't stop thinking…)

Intro chords x1

Second verse

Chorus

Bridge:

Cadd9 D x2
(There is no…)
(Do you think…)

(You’ve made up…)

(Why can’t you…)

Last chorus:

(I’ve been reading…)

(Can't stop thinking…)

(I’ve been sleeping…)

(Can't stop thinking…)

Song ends on G

Lyrics

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Verse 1:
Black night sky before you said goodbye
Your rose colored sache and your cigarette ash
You left with your girlfriends before I made amends
14 days of pouring rain
Drips through the cracks around your window pain
Filled up the holes wearing layers of your clothes
On the tags you wrote my name

Pre-Chorus:
Why cant you make up your mind, this time?

Chorus:
I’ve been reading all the letters that you wrote me
All the fairy tales you sold me,
And all the pretty things you said
Can’t stop thinking about the way that you control me
Now you wish you’d never known me
Oh how I wish you’d come and hold me, hold me, hold me

(Intro chords)

Verse 2:
I was staying at your house. You’ve been sleeping at his
You’re acting like momma to both his kids
Got a two car garage, backyard that don’t end and you’re my only friend
When the sun goes down this old house gets dark,
It’s hard to paint a portrait of my broke heart,
I pick this up and the room fell right back apart
And now I don’t know where to start

Pre-chorus:
Now that you’ve made up your mind this time…

Chorus:
I’ve been reading all the letters that you wrote me
All the fairy tales you sold me,
And all the pretty things you said
Can’t stop thinking about the way that you control me
Now you wish you’d never known me
Oh how I wish you’d come and hold me, hold me, hold me

Bridge:
There is no beginning.
Do you think that you’re winning?
You’ve made up your mind
Why don’t you make up the mind?

Last chorus:
I’ve been reading all the letters that you wrote me
All the fairy tales you sold me
And all about the pretty things you said
Can’t stop thinking ‘bout the way that you control me
And you wish you’d never known me

I’ve been sleeping in the place that you left me
Do you regret me?
Did you forget me?
Can’t stop thinking ‘bout the way that you control me
How you wish you’d never known me
How I wish you’d come and hold me, hold me, hold me

RIFF:

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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

CHORUS
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!”

CHORUS
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

CHORUS
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!