Live Oak

	 
[Refrain]
 N.C. 
There's a man who walks beside me he
 is who I used to be, 
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 
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 
And I wonder who she's pining for on nights I'm not around 
          Dm            Am7    
Could it be the man who did the
            Fmaj7 
 things I'm living down
Could it be the man who did the things I'm living down
[Strophe]
       Am                    
I was rougher than the timber
 C/B      C 
 shipping out of Fond du Lac 
I was rougher than the timber shipping out of Fond du Lac 
       Dm              Am7           
When I headed south at seventeen, the
  Fmaj7 
 sheriff on my back 
When I headed south at seventeen, the sheriff on my back 
    Am                 C/B    C 
I'd never held a lover in my arms or
 in my gaze, 
I'd never held a lover in my arms or in my gaze, 
      Dm            Am7        
So I found another victim every
 Fmaj7 
 couple days
So I found another victim every couple days
[Strophe]
        Am                       
But the night I fell in love with
 C/B     C 
 her, I made my weakness known 
But the night I fell in love with her, I made my weakness known 
       Dm               Am7    
To the fighters and the farmers
         Fmaj7 
 digging dusty fields alone 
To the fighters and the farmers digging dusty fields alone 
    Am                 C/B  
The jealous innuendos of the
  C 
 lonely-hearted men 
The jealous innuendos of the lonely-hearted men 
       Dm                 Am7     
Let me know what kind of country I
      Fmaj7 
 was sleeping in
Let me know what kind of country I was sleeping in
[Strophe]
          Am                    C/B  
Well you couldn't stay a loner on the
    C 
 plains before the war 
Well you couldn't stay a loner on the plains before the war 
        Dm                 Am7     
When my neighbors took to slightin'
       Fmaj7 
 me, I had to ask what for 
When my neighbors took to slightin' me, I had to ask what for 
  Am                   C/B      C 
Rumors of my wickedness had reached
 our little town 
Rumors of my wickedness had reached our little town 
           Dm              Am7   
Soon she'd heard about the boys I
         Fmaj7 
 used to hang around
Soon she'd heard about the boys I used to hang around
[Strophe]
        Am                          
We'd robbed a great-lakes freighter,
 C/B      C 
 killed a couple men aboard 
We'd robbed a great-lakes freighter, killed a couple men aboard 
       Dm                  Am7     
When I told her, her eyes flickered
           Fmaj7 
 like the sharp steel of a sword 
When I told her, her eyes flickered like the sharp steel of a sword 
        Am                        
All the things that she'd suspected,
 C/B      C 
 I'd expected her to fear 
All the things that she'd suspected, I'd expected her to fear 
         Dm                 Am7  
Was the truth that drew her to me
         Fmaj7 
 when I landed here
Was the truth that drew her to me when I landed here
[Refrain]
        Am                     C/B  
There's a man who walks beside me he
    C 
 is who I used to be, 
There's a man who walks beside me he is who I used to be, 
       Dm            Am7        
And I wonder if she sees him and
     Fmaj7 
 confuses him with me 
And I wonder if she sees him and confuses him with me 
        Am                     C/B  
And I wonder who she's pining for on
    C 
 nights I'm not around 
And I wonder who she's pining for on nights I'm not around 
         Dm              Am7   
Could it be the man who did the
            Fmaj7 
 things I'm living down
Could it be the man who did the things I'm living down
[Instrumentale]
Am  C/B  C
Dm  Am7  Fmaj7 (x2)
[Strophe]
        Am                           
Well I carved her cross from live oak
 C/B      C 
 and her box from short-leaf pine, 
Well I carved her cross from live oak and her box from short-leaf pine, 
       Dm          Am7             
And buried her so deep, she'd touch
    Fmaj7 
 the water table line 
And buried her so deep, she'd touch the water table line 
        Am                  C/B  
And picked up what I needed and I
    C 
 headed south again 
And picked up what I needed and I headed south again 
       Dm               Am7         
To myself, I wondered, "Would I ever
 Fmaj7 
 find another friend"
To myself, I wondered, "Would I ever find another friend"
[Outro]
        Am                        
There's a man who walks beside her,
 C/B     C 
 he is who I used to be, 
There's a man who walks beside her, he is who I used to be, 
       Dm            Am7        
And I wonder if she sees him and
   Fmaj7 
 confuses him with me
And I wonder if she sees him and confuses him with me