Sweet Olive Tree

F G C F G C Am F G C F G C There's a story I heard told F G C Am Comes from the banks where the odd sailboat goes F G C F Now I don't know if its true but I say so C G F C Surely in it you will recognize somebody that you know F G C There was a gal in New Orleans F G C Am She could be sweet but my friend she could be mean F G C F Really with her there was very little in between C G F C She kissed gentlemen's lips beneath the sweet olive trees G F They never knew their woman C She never knew her man F C I wanna know my woman F C Want her to know her man F C Well if you know you too many people Am G Your hearts bound to go bad F G C F G C Am F G C F G C One dude she knew got sick with hurt F G C Am He overheard his baby's filth and dirt F G C F So he hid a .22 beneath his shirt C G F C Then went to pay a her a visit at the place in which she worked F G C Well if you find someone you love a lot F G C Am I'd recommend you give it everything you got F G C F Either way you'll be sittin' pissin' in a pot C G F C But at least it will be with someone you love and you trust G F Nobody knows their woman C Nobody knows their man F C I'd die to know my woman F C K**l for her to know her man F C Am Just want to take it beyond the initial shaking G Of my own sweaty nervous hand Or else I might be bad F G C F G C Am F G C C F C (arpeggios)