HOW'S ERNIE (Fred Eaglesmith)
Contributed by: Fred Eaton

(Key of E, played from open C position with capo at the 4th fret)

     C                             F               C
Well I don't miss her anymore, the way that I used to.

      C                                 G
Was a time when my heart was broke, but somehow I got through.

           C                             F                    C
Still, her father became my best friend, that's one thing for sure.

C                       G             C
Funny how I miss him, a lot more than her.


Chorus:

       Am           F                   C
"How's Ernie?", hey that's what I would say,

     C                       G
If I wrote her a letter or I called her up one day.

       Am                  F             C
"How's Ernie?" You know it ended up real bad.

    C                                  G                C
But I don't miss her anymore, though I sure do miss her dad.


He was kind of deaf in one ear, so I'd kind of have to shout.
We'd talk guns and horses 'til the lights went out.
Why, we'd stay up 'til midnight, drinking whisky and water,
And he'd pretend not to know I was sleeping with his daughter.

(Chorus)

    Am                       F            C
But I was young and foolish. How was I to know

         C                                G
Hey, the price I'd for my mistakes was to up and watch her go?

    C                                          F                C
And I don't mind that she went and done what I guess she had to do.

    C                                  G               C
No, I don't mind, but I wonder why she had to take him too!

(Chorus)

    C                                  G                C
But I don't miss her anymore, though I sure do miss her dad.