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The Naked Ride Home

Key: C

Introduction:

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