Life Is Just a Tire Swing chords by
Jimmy Buffett

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Key: D major

Intro 1

Bm

Verse 1
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A A 
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I remember the smell
D D 
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of the creosote plant
E E 
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When we'd have to eat on
Easter with my
A A 
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D D 
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A A 
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Crazy old uncle and aunt
G G 
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D D 
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They lived in a big house antebellum
style (antebellum)
G G 
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And the winds would blow
D D 
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G G 
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D D 
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across the old bayou
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When I was a tranquil little child
D D 
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Life was just a

Verse 2
Bm Bm 2
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tire swing
G G 
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'Jambalaya' was the only
D D 
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song I could sing
G G 
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D D 
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Blackberry pickin', eatin' fried chicken
G G 
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D D 
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A A 
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And I never knew a thing about pain
Bm Bm 2
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Life was just a tire swing

Verse 3
Bm Bm 2
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G G 
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A A 
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In a few summers my folks
D D 
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packed me off to camp
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Yeah, me and my cousin' Baxter
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In our pup tent with a lamp
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D D 
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And in a few days Baxter went home
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F#m F#m 2
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A A 
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And he left me by my    self
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D D 
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But I knew that I'd stay,
G G 
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D D 
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it was better that way
A A 
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And I could get along without any help
D D 
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Life was just a

Verse 4
Bm Bm 2
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tire swing
G G 
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'Jambalaya' was the only
D D 
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song I could sing
G G 
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Chasin' after sparrows with
D D 
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rubber tip arrows
G G 
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D D 
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A A 
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Knowin' I could never hurt a thing
Bm Bm 2
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Life was just a tire

Verse 5
swing (tire swing)
Bm Bm 2
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G G 
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D D 
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And I've never been west of New Orleans
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D D 
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Or east of Pensacola
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D D 
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My only contact with the outside world
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A A 
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Was an RCA Victrola
Bm Bm 2
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And Elvis would sing and then I'd
A A 
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dream about expensive cars
E E 
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And who would've figured
twenty years later
A A 
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I'd be rubbing shoulders with the stars

Verse 6

Bm

Life was just a tire swing

Verse 7
G G 
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D D 
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In the early morning on some Illinois road
E E 
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I fell asleep at the wheel
But was quickly wakened up by a
A A 
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'Ma Bell' telephone pole
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D D 
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And a bunch of Grant Wood faces screaming,
G G 
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D D 
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A A 
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"Is he still alive?"
G G 
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D D 
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Through the window could see
G G 
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D D 
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it hangin' from a tree
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And I knew I had survived

Verse 8
D D 
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Bm Bm 2
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And life is still a tire swing
G G 
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Jambalaya's the best song
D D 
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that I can sing
G G 
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D D 
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Blackberry pickin', eatin' fried chicken
G G 
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D D 
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A A 
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But I finally learned a lot about pain
Bm Bm 2
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Life is just a tire swing (tire swing)
Life is just a tire swing (tire swing)
Life is just a tire swing (tire swing)
Life is just a tire swing (tire swing)

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