Life Is Just a Tire Swing Jimmy Buffett
By Jimmy Buffett
F#m xx3222
F#m7 xx2222
Gdim xx2323
Bm xxo432
Cdim xx1212
Em7 o2oooo
Intro: Bm
I[G] remember the [A]smell [D]of the creosote plant
when w[E]e'd have to [F#m]eat on [Gdim]Easter [E7]with my [A]crazy old[Bm] uncle and[Cdim] aunt[A]
[G]They lived in a [A]big house [D] Antebellum style
and the [G]wind would [D]blow across the [G]old bay[D]ou
and [A]I was a tranquil little [D]child
Chorus:
[D]Life was just a t[Bm]ire swing
'Jambalaya' was the[G] only song I c[D]ould sing
[G]Black-berry pickin', [D]eatin' fried chicken
and I [G]never knew a [D]thing about [A]pain
Life was just a [Bm]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]And I've [G]never been west of[F#m] New Orleans nor [Em]east of Pensa[D]cola
My [G]only contact with the[F#m] outside world was an [E7]R.C.A. Vic[A]trola
And [Bm]Elvis would sing and then I'd dream a[A]bout expensive cars
and [E7]who would've figured twenty years later
I'd be [A]rubbin' shoulders [E7]with the stars [F#m7]
Life was just a [Bm]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
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