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Life Is Just A Tire Swing ------------------------- [Words and Music by Jimmy Buffett (c) 1974] Intro: Bm
IG remember the Asmell Dof the creosote plant, when wEe'd have to F#meat on GdimEaster E7with my Acrazy oldBm uncle andCdim aunt.A GThey lived in a Abig house D Antebellum style, and the Gwind would Dblow across the Gold bayDou, and AI was a tranquil little Dchild.
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DLife was just a tBmire swing. 'Jambalaya' was theG only song I cDould sing. GBlack-berry pickin', Deatin' fried chicken, and I Gnever knew a Dthing about Apain; Life was just a Bmtire swing.
2. 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. (then continue)
BmAnd I've Gnever been west ofF#m New Orleans nor Emeast of PensaDcola. My Gonly contact with theF#m outside world was an E7R.C.A. VicAtrola. And BmElvis would sing and then I'd dream aAbout expensive cars, and E7who would've figured twenty years later I'd be Arubbin' shoulders E7with the stars. F#m7 Life was just a Bmtire swing.
3. 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. (3rd 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. ---------------------------------------------- Chord chart: F#m - |xx3222| F#m7 - |xx2222| Gdim - |xx2323| E7 - |o2o1oo| Bm - |xxo432| Cdim - |xx1212| Em7 - |o2oooo| Em - |o22ooo| Enjoy!