Biography:
Corb Lund is a Western and country singer/songwriter from Alberta, Canada. He has released nine albums, three of which are certified gold. Lund tours regularly in Canada, the United States and Australia, and has received several awards in Canada and abroad.
Lund’s songs feature a gallery of subjects drawn from real life. He says, “A lot of my ancestors pop into the songs. I’ve got quite a cast of characters to draw from. I feel a real kinship with the old West.
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[Verse]
E
He's been roundin' off bolts since the age of fourteen
B7 E
Was that a five eighths or a nine sixteenths?
E
He's got a metric socket that don't quite fit
B7 E
Well it'll wiggle just a little but it ain't quite stripped
A
The safety guard's gone from his grinding machine
E
He got a stiff paint brush he only kinda got clean
A
He's the hired man, my neighbor and a cousin in law
E B7 E
He's a jerry riggin' fool, he got the tool for the job
[Chorus]
A
Well it's vise grips for pliers, and pliers for a wrench
E
A wrench for a hammer, hammers everything else
A
It just don't seem to make much difference
E B7 E
I sure do like him but he's hard on equipment
[Verse]
E
His corners ain't square and his floor ain't level
B7 E
And he's always had trouble with the old tape measure
E
His doors don't close ‘cause the jamb ain't plumb
B7 E
And he's a Goddamn menace with an air nail gun
A
They love to see him comin' at the lumberyard store
E
Fixed the leak in his roof with a two by four
A
Drilled holes in his boards with the wrong kinda bit
E B7 E
And when they don't line up he blames the government
[Chorus]
A
Well it's vise grips for pliers, and pliers for a wrench
E
A wrench for a hammer, hammers everything else
A
It just don't seem to make much difference
E B7 E
I sure do like him but he's hard on equipment
[Verse]
E
He got the whole front yard full of fix ‘em up cars
B7 E
Three don't run and the rest won't start
E
Everything's fine with his rebuilt motor
B7 E
Except of course for the couple spare parts left over
A
Baler wire tie downs goin' down the road
E
On two bald tires and an oversize load
A
He ain't never read a manual ‘cause that's like cheatin'
E B7 E
He don't mind a little grease on his hands while he's eatin'
[Chorus]
A
Well it's vise grips for pliers, and pliers for a wrench
E
A wrench for a hammer, hammers everything else
A
It just don't seem to make much difference
E B7 E
I sure do like him but he's hard on equipment
E
He's been roundin' off bolts since the age of fourteen
B7 E
Was that a five eighths or a nine sixteenths?
E
He's got a metric socket that don't quite fit
B7 E
Well it'll wiggle just a little but it ain't quite stripped
A
The safety guard's gone from his grinding machine
E
He got a stiff paint brush he only kinda got clean
A
He's the hired man, my neighbor and a cousin in law
E B7 E
He's a jerry riggin' fool, he got the tool for the job
[Chorus]
A
Well it's vise grips for pliers, and pliers for a wrench
E
A wrench for a hammer, hammers everything else
A
It just don't seem to make much difference
E B7 E
I sure do like him but he's hard on equipment
[Verse]
E
His corners ain't square and his floor ain't level
B7 E
And he's always had trouble with the old tape measure
E
His doors don't close ‘cause the jamb ain't plumb
B7 E
And he's a Goddamn menace with an air nail gun
A
They love to see him comin' at the lumberyard store
E
Fixed the leak in his roof with a two by four
A
Drilled holes in his boards with the wrong kinda bit
E B7 E
And when they don't line up he blames the government
[Chorus]
A
Well it's vise grips for pliers, and pliers for a wrench
E
A wrench for a hammer, hammers everything else
A
It just don't seem to make much difference
E B7 E
I sure do like him but he's hard on equipment
[Verse]
E
He got the whole front yard full of fix ‘em up cars
B7 E
Three don't run and the rest won't start
E
Everything's fine with his rebuilt motor
B7 E
Except of course for the couple spare parts left over
A
Baler wire tie downs goin' down the road
E
On two bald tires and an oversize load
A
He ain't never read a manual ‘cause that's like cheatin'
E B7 E
He don't mind a little grease on his hands while he's eatin'
[Chorus]
A
Well it's vise grips for pliers, and pliers for a wrench
E
A wrench for a hammer, hammers everything else
A
It just don't seem to make much difference
E B7 E
I sure do like him but he's hard on equipment
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