{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":62771,"song":"Life Is Just A Tire Swing","artist":"Jimmy Buffett","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/62771-life-is-just-a-tire-swing-chords-by-jimmy-buffett/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/62771?type=chord","rating":4.40914,"votes":12,"content":"Life Is Just A Tire Swing\r\nWords and Music by Jimmy Buffett 1974\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]Bm[/ch]    [ch]Bm[/ch]    [ch]Bm[/ch]    [ch]Bm[/ch]     x2\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\n  I remember the smell   of the creosote plant,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E7[/ch]                                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nwhen we'd have to eat on Easter with my crazy old uncle and aunt.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\n They lived in a big house, Antebellum style, (Antebellum)[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand the wind would blow across the old bayou,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nwhen I was a tranquil little child.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 1]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n Life is just a tire swing.  'Jambalaya' was[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\n the only song I could sing.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBlack-berry pickin', eatin' fried chicken,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D/F#[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nand I never knew a thing about pain.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                [ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]Bm[/ch]    [ch]Bm[/ch]    [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n Life was just a tire swing.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\n  In a few summers my folks packed me off to camp;[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E7[/ch]                              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nyeah, me and my cousin' Baxter in our pup tent with a lamp.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D/F#[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd in a few days Baxter went home, and he left me by myself.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut I knew that I'd stay, it was better that way,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand I could get along without any help.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 2]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n Life is just a tire swing.  'Jambalaya' was[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\n the only song I could sing.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nChasin' after sparrows with rubber-tipped arrows,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D/F#[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nknowin' I could never hurt a thing,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]Bm[/ch]      [ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]Bm[/ch]     [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n life was just a tire swing.  (Tire swing)[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I've never been west of New Orleans nor east of Pensacola.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]E7[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nMy only contact with the outside world was an R.C.A. Victrola.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bm[/ch]                                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd Elvis would sing and then I'd dream about expensive cars,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nand who would've figured that twenty years later[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI'd be rubbin' shoulders with the stars.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                [ch]Bm[/ch]         [ch]Bm[/ch]   [ch]Bm[/ch]   [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n Life was just a tire swing.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\n  Then the other morning on some Illinois road[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nI fell asleep at the wheel, But was quickly wakened up by[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]\r\na 'Ma Bell' telephone pole,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D/F#[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nand a bunch of Grant Wood faces screaming 'Is he still alive?',[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut through the window I could see it hangin' from a tree,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand I knew that I had survived.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 3]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n Life is still a tire swing.  'Jambalaya's is[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\n the best song I can sing.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBlack-berry pickin', eatin' fried chicken,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D/F#[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut I finally learned a lot about pain,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]               [ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n Life is just a tire swing.  (Tire swing)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]               [ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n Life was just a tire swing. (Tire swing)[/tab]","plain_text":"Life Is Just A Tire Swing\nWords and Music by Jimmy Buffett 1974\n\n[Intro]\nBm    Bm    Bm    Bm     x2\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 3]","chords":["A","Bm","G","D","E7","D/F#","Em","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}