Life Is Just a Tire Swing Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Bm]

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

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

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

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

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

[Verse 6]
Life was just a [Bm]tire swing

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

[Verse 8]
[D]And life is still a t[Bm]ire swing
[G]Jambalaya's the best song
that I [D]can sing
[G]Blackberry pickin', [D]eatin' fried chicken
But I fi[G]nally learned a lot [D]about [A]pain
Life is just [Bm]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)