Live Oak

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Could it be the man who did the 
             Fmaj7
things I'm living down

[Verse 1]
       Am                    
I was rougher than the timber 
 C/B      C
shipping out of Fond du Lac
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When I headed south at seventeen, 
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the sheriff on my back
    Am                 C/B    C
I'd never held a lover in my arms or
 in my gaze,
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So I found another victim every 
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couple days

[Verse 2]
        Am                        
But the night I fell in love with 
C/B     C
her, I made my weakness known
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To the fighters and the farmers 
          Fmaj7
digging dusty fields alone
    Am                 C/B 
The jealous innuendos of the 
   C
lonely-hearted men
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Let me know what kind of country I
      Fmaj7
 was sleeping in

[Verse 3]
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          Am                    
Well you couldn't stay a loner 
C/B      C
on the plains before the war
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When my neighbors took to 
        Fmaj7
slightin' me, I had to ask what for
  Am                   C/B      C
Rumors of my wickedness had reached 
our little town
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Soon she'd heard about the boys I 
        Fmaj7
used to hang around

[Verse 4]
        Am                         
We'd robbed a great-lakes 
  C/B      C
freighter, killed a couple men 
aboard
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When I told her, her eyes 
            Fmaj7
flickered like the sharp steel of a 
sword
        Am                         
All the things that she'd 
C/B      C
suspected, I'd expected her to fear
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Was the truth that drew her to me 
        Fmaj7
when I landed here

[Chorus]
        Am                     C/B
There's a man who walks beside me 
      C
he is who I used to be,
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And I wonder if she sees him and 
      Fmaj7
confuses him with me
        Am                     C/B
And I wonder who she's pining for 
      C
on nights I'm not around
         Dm              Am7  
Could it be the man who did the 
             Fmaj7
things I'm living down

[Instrumental]
Am  C/B  C
Dm  Am7  Fmaj7 (x2)

[Verse 5]
        Am                       
Well I carved her cross from live 
     C/B      C
oak and her box from short-leaf 
pine,
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And buried her so deep, she'd 
     Fmaj7
touch the water table line
        Am                  C/B   
And picked up what I needed and I 
   C
headed south again
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To myself, I wondered, "Would I 
   Fmaj7
ever find another friend"

[Otro]
        Am                         
There's a man who walks beside her,
C/B     C
 he is who I used to be,
       Dm            Am7       
And I wonder if she sees him and 
    Fmaj7
confuses him with me