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