Intro: C/G F C/G F C/G Am B/C C/G (x2)
Verse
C
I'm a stone's throw from the mill
F C/G
And I'm a good walk to the river
F C/G
When my workin' day is over
Am B/C C/G
We'll go swim our cares away
C/G
Put your toes down in the water
F C/G
And a smile across your face
F C/G
And tell me that you love me
Am B/C C/G
Lovely Lady May
Am B/C C/G
Now I ain't the sharpest chisel
F C/G
That your hands have ever held
Am B/C C/G
But darlin' I could love you well
F C/G
Til' the roll is called on high
Am B/C C/G
I've seen my share of trouble
F C/G
And I've held my weight in shame
Am B/C C/G
But I'm baptized in your name
F C/G
Lovely Lady May
Break: C/G F C/G F C/G Am B/C C/G (x2)
Verse
C
Lord the wind can leave you shiverin'
F C/G
As it waltzes o'er the leaves
Am B/C C/G
It's been rushin' through my timber
F C/G
Til' your love brought on the spring
C/G
Now the mountains all are blushin'
F C/G
And they don't know what to say
Am B/C C/G
'Cept a good long line of praises
F C/G
For my lovely Lady May
Am B/C C
Now I ain't the toughest hickory
F C/G
That your ax has ever felled
F C/G
But I'm a hickory just as well
Am B/C C
I'm a hickory all the same
Am B/C C
I came crashin' through the forest
F C/G
As you cut my roots away
Am B/C C/G
And I fell a good long ways
F C/G
For my lovely Lady May
Outro: C/G F C/G F C/G Am B/C C/G