Live Oak Chords

Lyrics & chords

[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 [Dm]be the man who di[C]d the things
I'm [F]living now

[Verse 1]
I was [Am]rougher than a timber
[G]shippin' [C]out of Fond du Lac
When I [Dm]headed south at [C]17
ol' [F]sheriff on my back
I [Am]never held a lover
[G]in my [C]arms or in my gaze
So I [Dm]found another [C]victim every [F]couple days

[Verse 2]
But the [Am]night I fell in love with [G]her
I [C]made my weakness known
Through the [Dm]fires and the [C]farmers
diggin' [F]dusty fields alone
The [Am]jealous innuendos
[G]of the [C]lonely hearted men
Let me [Dm]know what kind of [C]country
I was [F]sleeping in

[Verse 3]
Well you [Am]couldn't stay a loner
[G]on the [C]plains before the war
My [Dm]neighbors took to [C]slightin' me
I [F]had to ask what for
[Am]Rumors of my wicked[G]ness
had [C]reached our little town
Soon she'd [Dm]heard about the [C]boys
I used to [F]hang around

[Verse 4]
We'd [Am]robbed a Great Lakes freighter,
[G]killed a couple [C]men or more
And I [Dm]told her her eyes [C]flickered
like the [F]sharp steel of a sword
All the [Am]things that she'd suspected
[G]I'd ex[C]pected her to fear
Was the [Dm]truth that drew her [C]to me
when I [F]landed here

[Chorus 2]
There's a [Am]man who walks beside me
[G]He is [C]who I used to be
And I [Dm]won der if she s[C]ees him
and con[F]fuses him with me
And I [Am]won der who she's pinin' f[G]or
on [C]nights I'm not around
Could it [Dm]be the man who di[C]d the things
I'm [F]living down?

[Solo 1]
[Am][G][C]
[Dm][C][F]
[Am][G][C]
[Dm][C][F][F]

[Verse 5]
Well I [Am]carved a cross from live oak
[G]and a [C]box from shortleaf pine
[Dm]Buried her so [C]deep
she touched the [F]wa ter table line
I [Am]picked up what I needed
[G]and I [C]headed south again
To my[Dm]self I wondered [C]would I ever
[F]find another friend

[Verse 6]
There's a [Am]man who walks beside her,
[G]it is [C]who I used to be
And I [Dm]won der if she s[C]ees him
and con[F]fuses him with me