Josh Ritter - Henrietta indiana
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Capo: 3
Tuning: E A D G B E
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)
AmHenrietta, Indiana mill town
Locked thC/Ge factory down and shut it up tight
My daGddy and my brother and sixteen-hundred others
Lost eFverything they had in the night
AmDaddy got a taste for the hard stuff
HeC/Gnrietta, Indiana was dry
We'dG ride out to Putney, he'd tell me that he loved me
The Fdrive home was always so quiet
He had a devil in his Dmeye, Geye
Like aAm thorn in the paw
Am/GDisregard for the law
FDisappointment to the Lord on high
[Riff (x1)] Am
My Ambrother practiced preaching in the basement
PerspiratioC/Gn on his face 'til I knew
That sGomething was missing
His spirit was willing
He Fcould not believe it was true
Am"Blessed be the poor," he said
"YC/Gour treasure is on high."
All Gof Henrietta, Indiana heard me hallelujah
When FI finally saw the devil in his eye
I saw a devil in his Dmeye, Geye
Like aAm thorn in the paw
Am/GDisregard for the law
FDisappointment to the lord on high
I waC/Gs coming home late from a midnight to eight
The rGadio said they'd ID'd the plates
Left Amthree men dead, made their escape
By nFow said the sheriff, they'll be in the next state
Will weC/G be able to catch them? Can they bring the dogs in?
Can thGey call up the Bureau? Do they have next-of-kin?
CamerasAm came to our door and I opened it wide
They tFhought I was crying, it was something in my Ameye, C/Geye, eGye, F
Ameye, C/Geye, eyGe, ohF
Am C/G G F
Am C/G G F
At nAmight I leave a bottle on the table
The Bible C/Gopen to the Sermon on the Mount
BlessGed be the poor of Henrietta, Indiana
But Fhappy are the ones that get out
I thAmink I'll drive over to Putney
ThC/Ge store'll be open to twelve
The Gempty parking lot, the lights, the lonely kid, the register
I sFee it all clear as a bell
I got a devil in my Dmeye, Geye
LiAmke a thorn in the paw
Am/GDisregard for the law
FDisappointment to the Lord on high
AmEye, Geye
FLike a thorn in the paw
FDisregard for the law
FDisappointment to the Lord on hAmigh Am/G Am/F Am
[Riff x1] End with single Am