Life Is Just a Tire Swing chords by Jimmy Buffett
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Intro 1
(B minor)
Verse 1
(G major) I remember the (A major) smell
(D major) of the creosote plant
When (E major) we'd have to eat on
Easter with my
(A major) Crazy old (D major) uncle and aunt (A major)
(G major) They lived in a big house (D major) antebellum
style (antebellum)
And the (G major) winds would blow
(D major) across (G major) the old bay (D major) ou
When I (A major) was a tranquil little child
(D major) Life was just a
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Verse 2
(B minor) tire swing
'Jambalaya' was (G major) the only
song I (D major) could sing
(G major) Blackberry pickin', (D major) eatin' fried chicken
And I (G major) never knew a (D major) thing about (A major) pain
Life was just a (B minor) tire swing
Verse 3
(B minor) (G major)
In a few (A major) summers my folks
(D major) packed me off to camp
Yeah, (E major) me and my cousin' Baxter
In our (A major) pup tent with a lamp
And (G major) in a few days Bax (D major) ter went home
And he (G major) left me by (F sharp minor) my self (A major)
But I (G major) knew that I'd (D major) stay,
it was (G major) better that (D major) way
And I could (A major) get along without any help
(D major) Life was just a
Verse 4
(B minor) tire swing
'Jambalaya' was (G major) the only
song I (D major) could sing
(G major) Chasin' after sparrows with
(D major) rubber tip arrows
(G major) Knowin' I could (D major) never hurt a (A major) thing
Life was just a (B minor) tire
Verse 5
swing (tire swing)
(B minor)
And I've (G major) never been west of (D major) New Orleans
Or (E minor) east of Pensa (D major) cola
My (G major) only contact with the (D major) outside world
Was an (E major) RCA Victro (A major) la
And (B minor) Elvis would sing and then I'd
dream (A major) about expensive cars
And (E major) who would've figured
twenty years later
I'd be (A major) rubbing shoulders with the stars
Verse 6
Life was just a (B minor) tire swing
Verse 7
(G major) In the early (A major) morning on some (D major) Illinois road
I fell asleep (E major) at the wheel
But was quickly wakened up by a
(A major) 'Ma Bell' telephone pole
And a (G major) bunch of Grant Wood (D major) faces screaming,
(G major) "Is he still (D major) alive?" (A major)
Through the (G major) window could (D major) see
it hangin' (G major) from a tree (D major)
And I knew (A major) I had survived
Verse 8
(D major) And life is still a tire (B minor) swing
Jambalaya's the (G major) best song
that I (D major) can sing
Blackberry (G major) pickin', (D major) eatin' fried chicken
But I fi (G major) nally learned a lot about (D major) pain (A major)
Life is just a tire (B minor) 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)
Life Is Just a Tire Swing
Jimmy Buffett
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