Lying Under Oak

 
              verse 1 
 
C/G                                     Em       
Punch your ticket get your kicks on the early bus out. 
F                                     C               Gadd11   
Checkered past, planning a future its lonely roaming around.  
C/G                             Em                         F 
Secretly having a fling with a single mom, hey you're on a good one 
                   C                        Gadd11 
Write sometime or call sometime when you're drunk         
 
 
Instrumental 
 
(with delay/dist) 
 
Bb   Am   C/G  
 
 
verse 2 
       
      C/G                           Em   
Let me put you up, put you up in the guest house        
              F                                      C   Gadd11 
Yeah we got a great couch, I found it sitting on the sidewalk. 
C/G                                            Em    
One of these days, one day you're really gonna need someone 
      F                                  C        Gadd11  
When things get bad with no companion to complain on.         
 
 
Instrumental 
 
(with delay/dist) 
 
Bb   Am   C/G   
 
 
D/C         Am            F            C/G 
Keep to the roads and the stars in the sky 
D/C         Am     F                  C                  C/G    
Lean on the ropes when your legs are tired, when they're tired 
C/G                                          Em 
It's all fixed, I sent your tickets but they came back 
                 F                                  C                      Gadd11    
I had you on the AMTRACK, I thought you might like, thought you might like that 
C/G                                      Em 
Felt so long, right or wrong it wouldn't be so bad 
                  F                              C                        Gadd11       Bb   Am   C/G     
Just keep it on a straight path, get right back, let me know where you're at 
 
 
D/C         Am             F           C/G 
Heed to the roads and the stars in the sky 
D/C         Am   F                    C/G         
Sleep under oaks if your legs get tired 
D/C         Am             F           C/G 
Keep to the roads and the stars in the sky 
D/C         Am     F                  C                 C/G   
Lean on the ropes when your legs get tired....When they tire 
       Bsus        Am      C/G 
Let me put you up, put you up   (x4)