Small Engine Repair chords by Tom Russell

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
D MajorD

Verse:
D MajorD             F# minorF#m
I work right out of my own garage,
G+G     F# minorF#m   E minorEm
I keep my own damn books
A augmentedA             B minorBm
My wife’s up there in the trailer house, mister,
G+G             D MajorD
she’s 46, but keepin’ her looks
D MajorD                F# minorF#m
Your lawnmower’s needin’ it’s carburetor cleaned,
G+G       F# minorF#m      E minorEm
your air filter ain’t suckin’ air
A augmentedA             B minorBm
Leave it over yonder and call me in the mornin’,
G+G    A augmentedA    D MajorD
small engine repair

Chorus:

D MajorD         A augmentedA
Weed cutters and leaf blowers
D MajorD          G+G
Chainsaw rotors and lawnmower motors
D MajorD     A augmentedA     B minorBm     G+G
One day turnaround, prices are fair
D MajorD    A augmentedA  D MajorD
Small engine repair


Verse:
D MajorD             F# minorF#m
I worked ten years for the water department,
G+G     F# minorF#m   E minorEm
ditch rider on a big white horse
A augmentedA             B minorBm
Turn that wheel, you got irrigatin’ water
G+G           D MajorD
from the mouth of the mother source
D MajorD             F# minorF#m
Catfish heads and windblown apples
G+G       F# minorF#m      E minorEm
blowing ’cross the cotton fields
A augmentedA             B minorBm
Back when farmers worked ten hour days
G+G          A augmentedA    D MajorD
and lived off their yearly yield

Chorus:

D MajorD         A augmentedA
Weed cutters and leaf blowers
D MajorD          G+G
Chainsaw rotors and lawnmower motors
D MajorD     A augmentedA     B minorBm     G+G
One day turnaround, prices are fair
D MajorD    A augmentedA  D MajorD
Small engine repair

Bridge:
B minorBm               F# minorF#m
And if a man’s heart was like a lawnmower engine
G+G            D MajorD
I’d a done pretty good in my time
B minorBm               F# minorF#m
Change the oil and keep the carburetor clean
C majorC                A augmentedA
And mow down all the problems of life

Solo:

D MajorD             F# minorF#m
I was born right here on the edge of West Texas
G+G     F# minorF#m   E minorEm
’bout a mile from the Rio Grande
A augmentedA             B minorBm
Yeah, I done time, I can see you starin’
G+G             D MajorD
at the skull on the back of my hand
D MajorD                F# minorF#m
Now time ain’t nothin’ but a box of old parts
G+G       F# minorF#m      E minorEm
on a busted-up cement floor
A augmentedA             B minorBm
Time ain’t nothin’ but a muddy old river,
G+G            D MajorD A augmentedA
rollin’ out my back door

Chorus:

D MajorD         A augmentedA
Weed cutters and leaf blowers
D MajorD          G+G
Chainsaw rotors and lawnmower motors
D MajorD     A augmentedA     B minorBm     G+G
One day turnaround, prices are fair
D MajorD    A augmentedA  D MajorD
Small engine repair