Short Man's Room
by Joe Henry

Mike Berry      mberry@rcip.com

(Capo up 3)

[C]This is a [Am] short man's [G] room
[C]The better-heeled [Am]watch your [G]head
[Dm]I still got [C]my one good [G]eye
I [F] keep it right [G]next to my [C]bed

I [C]keep all my [Am]money down [G]here
I [C]dressed it to [Am]look like a [G]shoe
[Dm]I'm saving [C]up for a [G]pair
Then [F] I'll have more [G]money than [C]you

I [Am]drink more than maybe I [E]should
But [Am]I don't go out when I [E]do
I [Am]put my feet up [Am/G]in the [D/F#]window
And I [F]ride my dreams like a [G]canoe

Then I [C]write letters [Am]to the news[G]papers
And I [C]dance to the [Am]talk radio[G]
I'm a [Dm]volunteer [C]fireman each [G]Christmas
'Cause there's [F]brandy wher-[G]ever you [C]go

My [Am]dad was a natural [E]tenor 
He [Am]worked at the mine in [E]Lenore
My [Am]mother [Am/G]was a mule-[D/F#]skinner
And a [F]bandleader during the [G]war

I [C]once thought that [Am]I'd live for-[G]ever
I [C]pitched in the [Am]Indian [G]Leagues
But [Dm]now I guess [C]I learned some [G]better
You're [F]only as [G]good as your [C]knees

The [C]better-heeled [Am]watch your [G]head 
[C] [Am]Guy like [G]you
You're [Dm]not near as [C]tall as you're [G]thinking
Then [F]this is a [G]short man's [C]room.