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The Naked Ride Home Tab

by Jackson Browne



Capo 1st Fret

Intro:        

Verse I:
                                              
"Just take off your clothes and I'll drive you home,"  I said
                                 
Knowing she never could pass on a dare.
                                          
And knowing it sounded more desperate than reckless or bold
                                             
I just put it out there cold, too far gone to care.

Verse II:
                                     
My eyes on the road, she slid herself down in the seat
                                   
And a vision of paradise swung into view.
                                              
Across those five lanes not one driver glanced over to see
                                             
The beauty known only to me, and a big rig or two.

Chorus:
                  
On that freeway the light was receding
            
Her beauty, a sight so misleading
                                          
I failed to hear the heart that was beating alone
                           
On the naked ride home.

Verse III:
                                          
With the trace of a smile and that defiant look in her eye
                                           
She hurtled through space in a world of her own.
                                    
And turning aside my caress spoke of all that she'd not yet done
                                                  
As if I was the doubting one, who would have to be shown.

(:Chorus)

Break Chords:                

Verse IV:
                                            
She gathered her clothes and ran through the yard in the dark
                                      
Up onto the porch like a flash, then inside.
                                       
Then one room at a time I watched every light in our house come on
                                                          
Like the truth that would eventually dawn, forcing me to decide.

(:Chorus)

      ......on out.