Live Oak chords by Jason Isbell
Chorus 1
There's a man who walks beside me
It is who I used to be
And I wonder if she sees him
and confuses him with me
And I wonder who she's pinin' for
on nights I'm not around
Dm
C
Could it be the man who did the things
F
I'm living now
Verse 1
Am
I was rougher than a timber
G
C
shippin' out of Fond du Lac
Dm
C
When I headed south at 17
F
ol' sheriff on my back
Am
I never held a lover
G
C
in my arms or in my gaze
Dm
C
F
So I found another victim every couple days
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Verse 2
Am
G
But the night I fell in love with her
C
I made my weakness known
Dm
C
Through the fires and the farmers
F
diggin' dusty fields alone
Am
The jealous innuendos
G
C
of the lonely hearted men
Dm
C
Let me know what kind of country
F
I was sleeping in
Verse 3
Am
Well you couldn't stay a loner
G
C
on the plains before the war
Dm
C
My neighbors took to slightin' me
F
I had to ask what for
Am
G
Rumors of my wickedness
C
had reached our little town
Dm
C
Soon she'd heard about the boys
F
I used to hang around
Verse 4
Am
We'd robbed a Great Lakes freighter,
G
C
killed a couple men or more
Dm
C
And I told her her eyes flickered
F
like the sharp steel of a sword
Am
All the things that she'd suspected
G
C
I'd expected her to fear
Dm
C
Was the truth that drew her to me
F
when I landed here
Chorus 2
Am
There's a man who walks beside me
G
C
He is who I used to be
Dm
C
And I wonder if she sees him
F
and confuses him with me
Am
G
And I wonder who she's pinin' for
C
on nights I'm not around
Dm
C
Could it be the man who did the things
F
I'm living down?
Solo 1
Am
G
C
Dm
C
F
Am
G
C
Dm
C
F
F
Verse 5
Am
Well I carved a cross from live oak
G
C
and a box from shortleaf pine
Dm
C
Buried her so deep
F
she touched the water table line
Am
I picked up what I needed
G
C
and I headed south again
Dm
C
To myself I wondered would I ever
F
find another friend
Verse 6
Am
There's a man who walks beside her,
G
C
it is who I used to be
Dm
C
And I wonder if she sees him
F
and confuses him with me
Live Oak
Jason Isbell
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