Small Engine Repair Man chords by Tom Russell
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Verse 1
(D major) I work right out of my own (F sharp minor) garage.
I (G major) keep my (F sharp minor) own damn books. (E minor)
My (E major) (A major) wife's up there in the
(B minor) trailer house mister.
She's (G major) 46 but keeping her look (D major) s.
Your lawnmower's needin'
its car (F sharp minor) buretor cleaned
Your (G major) air filter ain't (F sharp minor) suckin' (E minor) air
Leave (G major) (A major) it over yonder and
call (B minor) me in the morning
Small (G major) engine (A major) repair
(D major) Now it's weed cutters
and leaf (A major) blowers
Chainsaw (D major) rotors and lawn (G major) mower motors
One (D major) day turn (A major) around price (B minor) is a fair
(G major) small en (D major) gine (A major) repair
(D major) I worked ten years for the
(F sharp minor) water department
Ditch rider (G major) on a big white (F sharp minor) (E minor) horse
Turn (A major) that wheel you got (B minor) irrigating water
From the (G major) mouth of a mother's source (D major)
Catfish heads and old (F sharp minor) wind
-blown apples
Blowing (G major) across the (D major) cotton field (E minor) s
Back (A major) when a farmer worked
ten (B minor) -hour days
And (G major) lived off his yearly (D major)
Now (A major) it's (D major) weed cutters and
leaf (A major) blowers
Chainsaw (D major) rotors and lawn (G major) mower motors
One (D major) day turn (A major) around, (B minor) priceless affair, (G major)
small (D major) engine (A major) repair
(D major) And if a (B minor) man's heart was
like a (F sharp minor) lawnmower engine
I'd have (G major) done pretty good in my life (D major)
Change (B minor) the oil and keep
the (F sharp minor) carburetor clean
And (C major) mow down all the problems of
life (A major) (D major) (A major)
(D major) (G major) (D major) (A major) (B minor) (G major)
(D major) (A major) (D major)
I was born right here
on the (F sharp minor) edge of West Texas
A (G major) mile off the (D major) Rio Grande (E minor)
Yeah, (A major) I done time, I can see (B minor) you starin'
It's a (G major) skull on the back of my hand (D major)
Now time ain't nothin'
but a (F sharp minor) box of old parts
On a (G major) busted up cement floor (D major) (E minor)
And (A major) time ain't nothin' but
a (B minor) muddy old river
Rollin' (G major) out my back door (D major)
Yeah, (A major) it's (D major) weed cutters
and leaf (A major) blowers
Chain (D major) saw rotors and
lawn (G major) mower motors
(D major) One day turn (A major) around prices (B minor) are fair
(G major) Small (D major) engine (A major) repair (D major) s
Yeah, weed cutters and leaf (A major) blowers
Chain (D major) saw rotors (G major) and
lawnmower motors
One (D major) day (A major) turnaround prices (B minor) are fair
(G major) Small (D major) engine (A major) repair (D major) s
Yeah, one day turn (A major) around,
(B minor) prize is a fare (G major)
(D major) (A major) (D major)
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