THE NAKED TRUTH-preformed by Golden Earring
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"It's me again!!!........ha ha,........
alright, this is a song called the Naked Truth"

intro

Em           Am          Em          Am             ^ = pick
^ ^ ^ ^ V   ^ ^ ^ ^ V   ^ ^ ^ ^ V   ^ ^ ^ ^ V     V = strum toward bass E
|---------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-|
|---------0---------1-1-----------0---------1-1-|
|-------0-0-------2---2---------0-0-------2---2-|
|-----2---2-----2-----2-------2---2-----2-----2-|
|---2-----2---0-------0-----2-----2---0-------0-|
|-0-------0-----------0---0-------0-----------0-|

repeat this two whole times before first verse...
then....

x Em           Am                 Em               Am
Used to be younger,           out on the    hard streets,
Gettin' high on crystal,      drinkin' scotch and smokin' weed,

G                 D                   C             x &(D-D/G-D-Dsus4-D-Dsus4)&
Daddy's wish used to be nothin'       less than my command,
%G             DD Piano Chord 
                      CC Piano Chord 
             &(DD Piano Chord 
-DD Piano Chord 
/G-DD Piano Chord 
-DD Piano Chord 
sus4-DD Piano Chord 
-DD Piano Chord 
sus4)&%
Took to a switch to my back,          nailed me to a cross with both hands,

xEm		    Am         Em           Am                x
Momma couldn't give me        the thing a young boy needs,
Instead of momma sufferin'    she was smart enough to leave,

%G                & DD Piano Chord 
 &              CC Piano Chord 
               &(DD Piano Chord 
-DD Piano Chord 
/G-DD Piano Chord 
-DD Piano Chord 
sus4-DD Piano Chord 
-DD Piano Chord 
sus4)&
Spent my life fightin'		   tryin' to stay free,

EmEm Piano Chord 

(oh, i know)

legend:
x ==: pick and strum like intro
& ==: this is just strummed while playing around with D
% ==: strum

*note: after this, it's just a very simple rhythm, if you know the tune *

%EmEm Piano Chord 
        AmAm Piano Chord 
                       EmEm Piano Chord 
          AmAm Piano Chord 

I suppose really lookin' cool,     just makin' both ends meet,
Until that day i saw you walkin',   down   Blue Angel Street,

GG Piano Chord 
                    DD Piano Chord 
            CC Piano Chord 
                 &DD Piano Chord 
&
The sweetest lies of lily white,   comin' from you lips,
You brush away       all my pain,  with a lazy finger tip!

EmEm Piano Chord 
                     AmAm Piano Chord 
          EmEm Piano Chord 
                  AmAm Piano Chord 

It moves my heart just watchin',   the way you walk so smooth,
you save me from an    evil fate,  you steal 'way my   blues,

GG Piano Chord 
           DD Piano Chord 
              CC Piano Chord 
           & DD Piano Chord 
 &
Lyin' here, in your arms,  I don't need no more proof,

G           D              C             D ^^^^^^^^^^(strum)
Lyin' here, safe and warm, it's just the naked truth!

GG Piano Chord 
        DD Piano Chord 
          CC Piano Chord 
        DD Piano Chord 

This man loves you, this man loves you,
GG Piano Chord 
        DD Piano Chord 
          CC Piano Chord 
        DD Piano Chord 
          %
This man loves you, this man loves you.

x Em                     Am   Em                    Am
That's the naked truth.     It's the naked truth.........

EmEm Piano Chord 
              AmAm Piano Chord 

Em              Am                 Em                Am           x
Goin' down that graveyard spiral,  there was nothin' I could do,
Life treated me much harder,       ?than me'in' an   ole corkscrew?
:(meeting):
%G           DD Piano Chord 
             CC Piano Chord 
                    DD Piano Chord 

Lyin' here, in your arms, I don't need no more proof,
G           D              C                  D^^^^^^^(strum)
Lyin' here, safe and warm, it's just the naked truth!

%G        DD Piano Chord 
         CC Piano Chord 
              DD Piano Chord 
 %
This man loves you, this man loves you,
This man loves you, this man loves you...............

x            Em           Am                 Em            Am
It's the....                It's the....                     naked truth

Em	       Am x

EmEm Piano Chord 

|-----------0-|
|---------0---|
|-------0-----|
|-----2-------|
|---2---------|
|-0-----------|
It's the naked truth............

(APPLAUSE)



i humbly hope this give a basic idea.......

...joe
(good ev'ning, ladies and bruces      --monty python)
^^^^^^^^^^^^i love this guy