Jimmy Buffett

Life Is Just A Tire Swing(Chords)

Jimmy Buffett

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	        Intro:   Bm 
         
 G             A     D  
I remember the smell of the creosote plant 
      E           F#m    Gdim   E7      A        Bm        Cdim  A 
when we'd have to eat on Easter with my crazy old uncle and aunt 
G               A         D 
They lived in a big house  Antebellum style 
        G          D               G      D 
and the wind would blow across the old bayou 
    A                       D 
and I was a tranquil little child    
 

D Bm Life was just a tire swing G D 'Jambalaya' was the only song I could sing G D Black-berry pickin', eatin' fried chicken G D A and I never knew a thing about pain Bm Life was just a tire swing
In a few summers my folks packed me off to camp yeah, me and my cousin' Baxter in our pup tent with a lamp And in a few days Baxter went home, and he left me by myself And I knew that I'd stay, it was better that way and I could get along without any help (2nd chorus) Life was just a tire swing 'Jambalaya' was the only song I could sing Chasin' after sparrows with rubber-tipped arrows knowin' I could never hurt a thing and life was just a tire swing Bm G F#m Em D And I've never been west of New Orleans nor east of Pensacola G F#m E7 A My only contact with the outside world was an R.C.A. Victrola Bm A And Elvis would sing and then I'd dream about expensive cars E7 and who would've figured twenty years later A E7 F#m7 I'd be rubbin' shoulders with the stars Bm Life was just a tire swing Then the other morning on some Illinois road I fell asleep at the wheel But was quickly wakened up by a 'Ma Bell' telephone pole and a bunch of Grant Wood faces screaming 'Is he still alive?' But through the window I could see it hangin' from a tree and I knew that I had survived Last Chorus: Life was just a tire swing 'Jambalaya's still the best song that I sing Black-berry pickin', eatin' fried chicken And I finally learned a lot about pain 'Cause life is just a tire swing Life was just a tire swing

Written by Jimmy Buffett

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