Verse
C
He's been roundin' off bolts since the age of fourteen
G7 C
Was that a five eighths or a nine sixteenths?
C
He's got a metric socket that don't quite fit
G7 C
Well it'll wiggle just a little but it ain't quite stripped
F
The safety guard's gone from his grinding machine
C
He got a stiff paint brush he only kinda got clean
F
He's the hired man, my neighbor and a cousin in law
C G7 C
He's a jerry riggin' fool, he got the tool for the job
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F
Well it's vise grips for pliers, and pliers for a wrench
C
F wrench for a hammer, hammers everything else
F
It just don't seem to make much difference
C G7 C
I sure do like him but he's hard on equipment
[Verse]
C
His corners ain't square and his floor ain't level
G7 C
And he's always had trouble with the old tape measure
C
His doors don't close ‘cause the jamb ain't plumb
G7 C
And he's a Goddamn menace with an air nail gun
F
They love to see him comin' at the lumberyard store
C
Fixed the leak in his roof with a two by four
F
Drilled holes in his boards with the wrong kinda bit
C G7 C
And when they don't line up he blames the government
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F
Well it's vise grips for pliers, and pliers for a wrench
C
F wrench for a hammer, hammers everything else
F
It just don't seem to make much difference
C G7 C
I sure do like him but he's hard on equipment
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C
He got the whole front yard full of fix ‘em up cars
G7 C
Three don't run and the rest won't start
C
Everything's fine with his rebuilt motor
G7 C
Except of course for the couple spare parts left over
F
Baler wire tie downs goin' down the road
C
On two bald tires and an oversize load
F
He ain't never read a manual ‘cause that's like cheatin'
C G7 C
He don't mind a little grease on his hands while he's eatin'
[Chorus]
F
Well it's vise grips for pliers, and pliers for a wrench
C
F wrench for a hammer, hammers everything else
F
It just don't seem to make much difference
C G7 C
I sure do like him but he's hard on equipment