Why Henry Drinks

	  		Why Henry Drinks 
By: Drive-By Truckers 



Intro : A, E, D 


A 
Them stories that you tell me are so hard to swallow 

You said ?Go to hell? but I know you?d just follow 
D                                        F# 
The future?s closing in quicker than you think 
    A                  E        D     A 
And hanging with you I know why Henry drinks 


A 
Those obnoxious drunks downstairs are fighting and cussing 

And twelve years of me and you don?t add up to nothing 
D                                             F# 
You say what?s on your mind - tell it to your shrink 
   A                E      D      A 
So he can know like me why Henry drinks 


E 
Just a few more hours till the sun comes back around 

To tear each other down and drink another round 

Lost it on the way now I?m hating what we found 
                               D 
Mendacity and grudge-fucks and pieces out of town 

A 
I drink half a case of beer on my way home from work 

Daddy needs his medicine to keep his hands off Mama?s throat 
D                                                  F# 
Baby, push a little harder cause you got me on the brink 
   A                       E         D     A 
Of spilling more than guts about why Henry drinks 
A                    E        D      A 
Telling you so much about why Henry drinks