Live Oak chords by Jason Isbell (Official Version)
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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
Could it be (D minor) the man who (C/E) did the things
I'm (F minoraj9) living now
Verse 1
I was (A minor) rougher than a timber
(G/B) shippin' out (C major) of Fond du Lac
When I (D minor) headed south at (C/E) 17
ol' (F minoraj9) sheriff on my back
I (A minor) never held a lover
in (G/B) my arms (C major) or in my gaze
So I found (D minor) another vic (C/E) tim every cou (F minoraj9) ple days
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Verse 2
But the night (A minor) I fell in love with her (G/B)
I made (C major) my weakness known
Through the fires (D minor) and the farm (C/E) ers
diggin' dust (F minoraj9) y fields alone
The (A minor) jealous innuendos
(G/B) of the lone (C major) ly hearted men
Let me know (D minor) what kind of coun (C/E) try
I was sleep (F minoraj9) ing in
Verse 3
Well you (A minor) couldn't stay a loner
on (G/B) the plains (C major) before the war
My neigh (D minor) bors took to slight (C/E) in' me
I had (F minoraj9) to ask what for
(A minor) Rumors of my wickedness (G/B)
had (C major) reached our little town
Soon she'd (D minor) heard about the boys (C/E)
I used to hang (F minoraj9) around
Verse 4
We'd (A minor) robbed a Great Lakes freighter,
killed (G/B) a couple (C major) men or more
And I told (D minor) her her eyes (C/E) flickered
like the sharp (F minoraj9) steel of a sword
All the things (A minor) that she'd suspected
(G/B) I'd ex (C major) pected her to fear
Was the truth (D minor) that drew her to (C/E) me
when I land (F minoraj9) ed here
Chorus 2
There's a man (A minor) who walks beside me
(G/B) He is (C major) who I used to be
And I won (D minor) der if she sees (C/E) him
and confuses (F minoraj9) him with me
And I won (A minor) der who she's pinin' for (G/B)
on (C major) nights I'm not around
Could it be (D minor) the man who (C/E) did the things
I'm (F minoraj9) living down?
Solo 1
(A minor) (G/B) (C major)
(D minor) (C/E) (F minoraj9)
(A minor) (G/B) (C major)
(D minor) (C/E) (F minoraj9) (F minoraj9)
Verse 5
Well I carved (A minor) a cross from live oak
(G/B) and a box (C major) from shortleaf pine
(D minor) Buried her so (C/E) deep
she touched the wa (F minoraj9) ter table line
I (A minor) picked up what I needed
and (G/B) I (C major) headed south again
To myself (D minor) I wondered (C/E) would I ever
find (F minoraj9) another friend
Verse 6
There's a man (A minor) who walks beside her,
(G/B) it is (C major) who I used to be
And I won (D minor) der if she sees (C/E) him
and con (F minoraj9) fuses him with me
Live Oak
Jason Isbell
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