Live Oak — Jason Isbell
Chords and lyrics for Live Oak by Jason Isbell (key of F).
Chorus
N.C.
There's a man who walks beside me he is who I used to be,
N.C.
and I wonder if she sees him and confuses him with me
N.C.
And I wonder who she's pining for on nights I'm not around
Could it [Dm]be the man who [Am7]did the things I'm [Fmaj7]living down
Verse 1
I was [Am]rougher than the timber [C/B]shipping [C]out of Fond du Lac
When I [Dm]headed south at [Am7]seventeen, the [Fmaj7]sheriff on my back
I'd [Am]never held a lover [C/B]in my [C]arms or in my gaze,
So I [Dm]found another [Am7]victim every [Fmaj7]couple days
Verse 2
But the [Am]night I fell in love with [C/B]her, I [C]made my weakness known
To the [Dm]fighters and the [Am7]farmers digging [Fmaj7]dusty fields alone
The [Am]jealous innuendos [C/B]of the [C]lonely-hearted men
Let me [Dm]know what kind of [Am7]country I was [Fmaj7]sleeping in
Verse 3
Well you [Am]couldn't stay a loner [C/B]on the [C]plains before the war
When my [Dm]neighbors took to [Am7]slightin' me, I [Fmaj7]had to ask what for
[Am]Rumors of my wickedness[C/B] had [C]reached our little town
Soon she'd [Dm]heard about the [Am7]boys I used to [Fmaj7]hang around
Verse 4
We'd [Am]robbed a great-lakes freighter, [C/B]killed a [C]couple men aboard
When I [Dm]told her, her eyes [Am7]flickered like the [Fmaj7]sharp steel of a sword
All the [Am]things that she'd [C/B]suspected, I'd [C]expected her to fear
Was the [Dm]truth that drew her [Am7]to me when I [Fmaj7]landed here
Chorus
There's [Am]a man who walks beside [C/B]me he is [C]who I used to be,
And I [Dm]wonder if she [Am7]sees him and [Fmaj7]confuses him with me
And I [Am]wonder who she's pining [C/B]for on [C]nights I'm not around
Could it [Dm]be the man who [Am7]did the things I'm [Fmaj7]living down
Instrumental
[Am] [C/B] [C]
[Dm] [Am7] [Fmaj7]
Verse 5
Well I [Am]carved her cross from live oak [C/B]and her [C]box from short-leaf pine,
And [Dm]buried her so [Am7]deep, she'd touch the[Fmaj7] water table line
And [Am]picked up what I needed [C/B]and I [C]headed south again
To [Dm]myself, I wondered, [Am7]"Would I ever [Fmaj7]find another friend"
Outro
There's [Am]a man who walks beside her,[C/B] he is [C]who I used to be,
And I [Dm]wonder if she [Am7]sees him and [Fmaj7]confuses him with me
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