[Intro]
| C       | F   C   | F   C   | Am C/B C   |
| C       | F   C   | F   C   | Am C/B | C
                                (2/4)
[Verse]
      C 
I'm a stone's throw from the mill 
          F                C 
And I'm a good walk to the river 
        F              C 
When my workin' day is over 
         Am       C/B     C 
We'll go swim our cares away 
         C 
Put your toes down in the water 
      F                C 
And a smile across your face 
    F                C 
And tell me that you love me 
Am     C/B     C 
Lovely Lady May
[Chorus]
      Am        C/B      C 
Now I ain't the sharpest chisel 
          F                   C 
That your hands have ever held 
    Am              C/B     C 
But darlin' I could love you well 
         F               C 
'Til the roll is called on high 
     Am      C/B      C 
I've seen my share of trouble 
         F                C 
And I've held my weight in shame 
        F               C 
But I'm baptized in your name 
Am     C/B     C 
Lovely Lady May
[Instrumental]
| C       | F   C   | F   C   | Am C/B C   |
| C       | F   C   | F   C   | Am C/B | C
                                (2/4)
[Verse]
         C 
Lord the wind can leave you shiverin' 
      F                      C 
As it waltzes o'er the leaves 
          Am      C/B        C 
It's been rushin' through my timber 
          F                   C 
'Til your love brought on the spring 
        C 
Now the mountains all are blushin' 
         F                     C 
And they don't know what to say 
        Am        C/B      C 
'Cept a good long line of praises 
       F              C 
For my lovely Lady May
[Chorus]
      Am        C/B      C 
Now I ain't the toughest hickory 
          F                  C 
That your axe has ever felled 
          F                   C 
But I'm a hickory just as well 
      Am      C/B         C 
I'm a hickory all the same 
       Am       C/B          C 
I came crashin' through the forest 
       F              C 
As you cut my roots away 
      F               C 
And I fell a good long ways 
       Am     C/B     C 
For my lovely Lady May
[Outro]
| C       | F   C   | F   C   | Am C/B | C
                                (2/4)