A
If you're headin' south on Georgia one twenty-nine
Straight into Athens past the Clark County line
            E                                            A
There's an old Texaco right across from the Athens Woolworth
A
Billy Joe Taylor's underneath that lift
There ain't a car on the planet that he can't fix
     E                                                    A
He swears on his chrome-plated ratchet that his heaven on earth

[Chorus]
              D
Well, he can make a rusty muffler purr like a kitten
      A
Or an old Nash Rambler top out at one-fifty
           E
Georgia's never seen a man more at peace
           D
Than when Billy's got his hands in
Athen's Grease

[Verse 2]
A
Six days a week, he's a man on a mission
He's the redneck Picasso of the manual transmission
         E                                                  A
And the only man in town who can make Charlie Vincent's van go
A
When the sun goes down and the day is endin'
Billy's still rockin' with a rack and pinion
E                                               A
Long as that boy's at work, well he's right at home

[Bridge]
             E
Well, he's a rotatin,' lug nuttin,'
D                       A
Spark pluggin' good ole boy
With his name on his shirt
           E                      D
And Thelma Lou Taylor likes to hang out at the station
           E
'Cause she loves to watch him work
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After Chorus
                 E
Yeah, Georgia's never seen a man more at peace
           D
Than when Billy's got his hands in
Athen's Grease
Athen's grease, baby