Capo on 1

(Intro)
D5 B5 A5 x2
E5 D5 F5 A5
G5 A5 D5

D5         B5              A5
This is a short man's room
    D5      B5                 A5
The better you watch your head
E5             D5           F5    A5
I've still got my one good eye
    G5           A5           D5
I keep it right next to my bed

D5         B5             A5
I keep my money down here
  D5             B5              A5
I dressed it to look like a shoe
E5         D5         F5   A5
I'm saving up for a pair
     G5              A5          D5
Then I'll have more money than you

   B5                     F5
I drink more than maybe I should
    B5                    F5
But I don't go out when I do
  B5          A5         Ab5      E5
I put my feet up in the window
      G5                     A5
And I ride my dreams like a canoe

(Same pattern all the way through.)      
          
And I write letters to the newspapers
And I dance to the talk radio
I'm a volunteer fireman each Christmas
'Cause there's brandy wherever you go

(Break, same chords as intro)

My dad was a natural tenor
He worked at the mill in Lenore
My mother was a mule skinner
And a band leader during the war

I once thought that I'd live forever
I pitched for the Indian leagues
But now I guess I learned some better
You'e only as good as your knees

The better you watch your head
Guy like you
You're not near as tall as you're thinking
But then this is a short man's room

(End on D, add lick)