• Song:

    The Naked Ride Home

  • Artist:

    Jackson Browne

  • Album:

    The Very Best of Jackso...

Capo 1st Fret 
 
Intro:  C5  F5  A5  G5 
 

Verse I: 
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"Just take off your clothes and I'll drive you home,"  I said 
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Knowing she never could pass on a dare. 
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And knowing it sounded more desperate than reckless or bold 
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I just put it out there cold, too far gone to care. 
 
Verse II: 
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My eyes on the road, she slid herself down in the seat 
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And a vision of paradise swung into view. 
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Across those five lanes not one driver glanced over to see 
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The beauty known only to me, and a big rig or two. 
 
Chorus: 
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On that freeway the light was receding 
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Her beauty, a sight so misleading 
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I failed to hear the heart that was beating alone 
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On the naked ride home. 
 
Verse III: 
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With the trace of a smile and that defiant look in her eye 
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She hurtled through space in a world of her own. 
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And turning aside my caress spoke of all that she'd not yet done 
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As if I was the doubting one, who would have to be shown. 
 
(c:Chorus) 
 
Break Chords:  
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Verse IV: 
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She gathered her clothes and ran through the yard in the dark 
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Up onto the porch like a flash, then inside. 
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Then one room at a time I watched every light in our house come on 
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Like the truth that would eventually dawn, forcing me to decide. 
 
(c:Chorus) 
 

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......on out.
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