If you've ever seen him live or on dvd he uses a capo on the third fret, it makes the chord forms so much easier.... hey, if it's good enough for the man himself it's good enough for me:

When I ^Awas a boy^D, ^G ^DI thought it just ^Acame ^Dto you ^G ^D But I never ^Acould te^Dll what,s m^Gine, so it d^Didn't matter ^Aanyway ^D ^G ^D

My only ^Apride and ^Djoy, ^G ^D etc, for the verse parts, then: ^EI always thought our house was haunted,'^Gcause nobody said '^Dboo' to ^Ame

^EI never did get what I wanted, ^Gbut now I get what I ^Dneed

John Hiatt - Slow turning