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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Intro:
D
Verse:
D F#m
I work right out of my own garage,
G F#m Em
I keep my own damn books
A Bm
My wife’s up there in the trailer house, mister,
G D
she’s 46, but keepin’ her looks
D F#m
Your lawnmower’s needin’ it’s carburetor cleaned,
G F#m Em
your air filter ain’t suckin’ air
A Bm
Leave it over yonder and call me in the mornin’,
G A D
small engine repair
Chorus:
D A
Weed cutters and leaf blowers
D G
Chainsaw rotors and lawnmower motors
D A Bm G
One day turnaround, prices are fair
D A D
Small engine repair
Verse:
D F#m
I worked ten years for the water department,
G F#m Em
ditch rider on a big white horse
A Bm
Turn that wheel, you got irrigatin’ water
G D
from the mouth of the mother source
D F#m
Catfish heads and windblown apples
G F#m Em
blowing ’cross the cotton fields
A Bm
Back when farmers worked ten hour days
G A D
and lived off their yearly yield
Chorus:
D A
Weed cutters and leaf blowers
D G
Chainsaw rotors and lawnmower motors
D A Bm G
One day turnaround, prices are fair
D A D
Small engine repair
Bridge:
Bm F#m
And if a man’s heart was like a lawnmower engine
G D
I’d a done pretty good in my time
Bm F#m
Change the oil and keep the carburetor clean
C A
And mow down all the problems of life
Solo:
D F#m
I was born right here on the edge of West Texas
G F#m Em
’bout a mile from the Rio Grande
A Bm
Yeah, I done time, I can see you starin’
G D
at the skull on the back of my hand
D F#m
Now time ain’t nothin’ but a box of old parts
G F#m Em
on a busted-up cement floor
A Bm
Time ain’t nothin’ but a muddy old river,
G D A
rollin’ out my back door
Chorus:
D A
Weed cutters and leaf blowers
D G
Chainsaw rotors and lawnmower motors
D A Bm G
One day turnaround, prices are fair
D A D
Small engine repair
Song History
Last Updated: September 10, 2025