Hard On Equipment chords by Corb Lund

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: E

Difficulty: Novice

Verse:
 E
He's been roundin' off bolts since the age of fourteen
   B7           E
Was that a five eighths or a nine sixteenths?
E
He's got a metric socket that don't quite fit
      B7                   E
Well it'll wiggle just a little but it ain't quite stripped
     A
The safety guard's gone from his grinding machine
      E
He got a stiff paint brush he only kinda got clean
     A
He's the hired man, my neighbor and a cousin in law
       E             B7     E
He's a jerry riggin' fool, he got the tool for the job

Chorus:
       A
Well it's vise grips for pliers, and pliers for a wrench
   E
A wrench for a hammer, hammers everything else
  A
It just don't seem to make much difference
  E             B7     E
I sure do like him but he's hard on equipment


Verse:
 E
His corners ain't square and his floor ain't level
   B7           E
And he's always had trouble with the old tape measure
E
His doors don't close ‘cause the jamb ain't plumb
      B7               E
And he's a Goddamn menace with an air nail gun
     A
They love to see him comin' at the lumberyard store
     E
Fixed the leak in his roof with a two by four
     A
Drilled holes in his boards with the wrong kinda bit
       E             B7     E
And when they don't line up he blames the government

Chorus:
       A
Well it's vise grips for pliers, and pliers for a wrench
   E
A wrench for a hammer, hammers everything else
  A
It just don't seem to make much difference
  E             B7     E
I sure do like him but he's hard on equipment


Verse:
 E
He got the whole front yard full of fix ‘em up cars
   B7           E
Three don't run and the rest won't start
 E
Everything's fine with his rebuilt motor
      B7                   E
Except of course for the couple spare parts left over
     A
Baler wire tie downs goin' down the road
     E
On two bald tires and an oversize load
     A
He ain't never read a manual ‘cause that's like cheatin'
       E             B7     E
He don't mind a little grease on his hands while he's eatin'

Chorus:
       A
Well it's vise grips for pliers, and pliers for a wrench
   E
A wrench for a hammer, hammers everything else
  A
It just don't seem to make much difference
  E             B7     E
I sure do like him but he's hard on equipment