Heavy Rings

Am G Am G Am I must remember to say my name is Henry / I must remember to collect all of my things G F G Am My mentholated cigarettes, my pocketbook / My heavy rings G F G That keep my hands down swinging at my sides / Cause I was blunted like a stage knife! Note: The top note E then D is accented and carries the beat. Am C G (thumb on E string) F (thumb on E G C G F Bright, hard and jagged / Ripping open the lie like the wall of a tent G Am C G Inside you were bent all over each other / Crying "mother mother mother" F G Am With your dirty mouth/ While the counselor screwed up his brow Am C G (thumb on E string) F (thumb on E G Am C G F I woke up on a cloud, it was raining / And it looked like I’d painted myself up like a shaman G Am And then the officer came in / I’d survived the party at your folks’ C G F But there had been five Bacardi cokes / And finally darkness, washing over G Am In a cloud of reefer smoke Am C F G F The night hard and jagged / Ripping open the lie like the door of a nightclub Am C G F Inside you were bent all over each other / Pouring something or another in your dirty mouth G Am While the bouncer screwed up his brow Am C G (thumb on E string) F (thumb on E G Am C F G in pattern above 2x Am G Am G Am I had forgotten to say my name is Henry / I had forgotten what it was I came to say G F G Am And twisting under microscope / My light was broke by heavy rings G F That keep my hands down / Swinging at my sides! Am C G (thumb on E string) F (thumb on E G Am C G F 2x in finger picking pattern above 2x | x Dead note | h Hammer-on | > Accented note | / Slide up | \ Slide down