Intro (x2)
C/GFC/GFC/GAmB/CC/GVerseC
I'm a stone's throw from the mill
FC/G
And I'm a good walk to the river
FC/G
When my workin' day is over
AmB/CC/G
We'll go swim our cares away
C/G
Put your toes down in the water
FC/G
And a smile across your face
FC/G
And tell me that you love me
AmB/CC/G
Lovely Lady May
ChorusAmB/CC/G
Now I ain't the sharpest chisel
FC/G
That your hands have ever held
AmB/CC/G
But darlin' I could love you well
FC/G
Til' the roll is called on high
AmB/CC/G
I've seen my share of trouble
FC/G
And I've held my weight in shame
AmB/CC/G
But I'm baptized in your name
FC/G
Lovely Lady May
[Break] (x2)
C/GFC/GFC/GAmB/CC/GVerseC
Lord the wind can leave you shiverin'
FC/G
As it waltzes o'er the leaves
AmB/CC/G
It's been rushin' through my timber
FC/G
Til' your love brought on the spring
C/G
Now the mountains all are blushin'
FC/G
And they don't know what to say
AmB/CC/G
'Cept a good long line of praises
FC/G
For my lovely Lady May
ChorusAmB/CC
Now I ain't the toughest hickory
FC/G
That your ax has ever felled
FC/G
But I'm a hickory just as well
AmB/CC
I'm a hickory all the same
AmB/CC
I came crashin' through the forest
FC/G
As you cut my roots away
AmB/CC/G
And I fell a good long ways
FC/G
For my lovely Lady May
OutroC/GFC/GFC/GAmB/CC/G
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.