Artist: Josh Ritter
Song: Henrietta, Indiana (Live)
Album: Sermon on the Rocks
Standard tuning; Capo 3rd
(Josh's official songbook shows same chords with capo 5. Some other live recordings he uses capo 4. I suggest
playing it as it suits you.)
From live acoustic recordings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pQZRXm9gN8 and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BM0b3UoqYZg
Am/G: 302210
Am/F: 102200
Opening/Riff (x2)
e|--0--3--0-------------------|
B|--1--------3--1--0----------|
G|--2-----------------2p0-----|
D|--2----------------------0--| (He plays the open D string with his fret hand middle finger
A|--0-------------------------| like the pull-off on the G string though it doesn't sound
E|--x-------------------------| much different to just play it with the right hand like normal)
Am
Henrietta, Indiana mill town
C/G
Locked the factory down and shut it up tight
G
My daddy and my brother and sixteen-hundred others
F
Lost everything they had in the night
Am
Daddy got a taste for the hard stuff
C/G
Henrietta, Indiana was dry
G
We'd ride out to Putney, he'd tell me that he loved me
F
The drive home was always so quiet
Dm G
He had a devil in his eye, eye
Am
Like a thorn in the paw
Am/G
Disregard for the law
F
Disappointment to the Lord on high
[Riff (x1)] Am
Am
My brother practiced preaching in the basement
C/G
Perspiration on his face 'til I knew
G
That something was missing
His spirit was willing
F
He could not believe it was true
Am
"Blessed be the poor," he said
C/G
"Your treasure is on high."
G
All of Henrietta, Indiana heard me hallelujah
F
When I finally saw the devil in his eye
Dm G
I saw a devil in his eye, eye
Am
Like a thorn in the paw
Am/G
Disregard for the law
F
Disappointment to the lord on high
C/G
I was coming home late from a midnight to eight
G
The radio said they'd ID'd the plates
Am
Left three men dead, made their escape
F
By now said the sheriff, they'll be in the next state
C/G
Will we be able to catch them? Can they bring the dogs in?
G
Can they call up the Bureau? Do they have next-of-kin?
Am
Cameras came to our door and I opened it wide
F Am C/G G F
They thought I was crying, it was something in my eye, eye, eye,
Am C/G G F
eye, eye, eye, oh
Am C/G G F
Am C/G G F
Am
At night I leave a bottle on the table
C/G
The Bible open to the Sermon on the Mount
G
Blessed be the poor of Henrietta, Indiana
F
But happy are the ones that get out
Am
I think I'll drive over to Putney
C/G
The store'll be open to twelve
G
The empty parking lot, the lights, the lonely kid, the register
F
I see it all clear as a bell
Dm G
I got a devil in my eye, eye
Am
Like a thorn in the paw
Am/G
Disregard for the law
F
Disappointment to the Lord on high
Am G
Eye, eye
F
Like a thorn in the paw
F
Disregard for the law
F Am Am/G Am/F Am
Disappointment to the Lord on high
[Riff x1] End with single Am
