{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1105334,"song":"True Story","artist":"Tony Lucca","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11245735-true-story-chords-by-tony-lucca/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1105334?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"This can be played strummed but sounds nice with just about any finger-picking pattern. \r\nThese are the chords in standard tuning, I believe he plays with a capo on the second \r\nfret. After each verse he stops his finger-picking and plays a tiny pattern (I'll call it \"riff\")-\r\n\r\n[tab] RIFF:\r\n||---------------------|\r\n||0-------0/1----0-----|\r\n||---------------0-----|\r\n||--------0------------|\r\n||2--------------2-----|\r\n||------3--------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]B[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nRolled on out of Motown back in '91[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]D7[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLeft them bitter winters for the Florida summer sun[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nBreakin' hearts in theme parks[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Cm[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D7[/ch]         \r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch] (riff)\r\nSmiled for anyone who held a camera to my face and said \"Say cheese!\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]B[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWound up on the telly With a twinkle in my eye[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]D7[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTwinkle disappeared the night I started gettin' high[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nAnd everything seemed so absurd[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Cm[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nUntil the night I finally heard the sound of Coltrane[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch] (riff)\r\nIt brought me to my knees[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORUS\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere's a long drive straight through the night[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nStarin' out the window Lookin' for the first signs of daylight[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nJust hold on tight With all of your might[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D7[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch] (riff)\r\nSee it takes the time it takes to get it right[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]B[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo I peddled across the country Wound up here in Hollywood[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]D7[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLeft my high school sweetheart when I realized I could[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nShe became a movie star[/tab]\r\n\r\n     [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Cm[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]             \r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch] (riff)\r\nI've took to sleepin' in my car Still singin' songs about her to this day[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]B[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDrove myself to New York City Chasin' love again[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]D7[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe moved me to tears and then I wound up movin' in[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nThat Apple got the best of me[/tab]\r\n\r\n   [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Cm[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                   \r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch] (riff)\r\nSo I packed up the rest of me And I grabbed a cab, said \"Straight to JFK!\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORUS\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere's a long drive straight through the night[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nStarin' out the window Lookin' for the first signs of daylight[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nJust hold on tight With all of your might[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D7[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch] (riff)\r\nSee it takes the time it takes to get it right[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]B[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow I'm back in Hollywood This guitar in my hand[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]D7[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThese days I'm only using words that I can understand[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nSingin' songs, I'll carry on[/tab]\r\n\r\n     [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Cm[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D7[/ch]  \r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch] (riff)\r\nKeep at it until I'm dead and gone Then maybe my gravestone will say[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORUS\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere's a long drive straight through the night[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nStarin' out the window Lookin' for the first signs of daylight[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nJust hold on tight With all of your might[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D7[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch] (riff)\r\nSee it takes the time it takes to get it right[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D7[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSee it takes the time it takes to get it right (Third time's the charm)[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D7[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch] (riff)\r\nThey say it takes the time it takes to get it right[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nFirst tab, so feel free to let me know if I made any mistakes!","plain_text":"This can be played strummed but sounds nice with just about any finger-picking pattern. \nThese are the chords in standard tuning, I believe he plays with a capo on the second \nfret. After each verse he stops his finger-picking and plays a tiny pattern (I'll call it \"riff\")-\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nC          Cm                G            D7         \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n     C                Cm              G             \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n   C               Cm               G                   \n\n\n\n\nCHORUS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n     C               Cm                 G        D7  \n\n\n\n\nCHORUS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFirst tab, so feel free to let me know if I made any mistakes!","chords":["G","B","C","Em","D7","D","G7","Cm"],"chord_diagrams":{"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Cm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,3,5,5,4,3]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}