[Intro]
| C       | F   C   | F   C   | Am G/B C   |
| C       | F   C   | F   C   | Am G/B | C
                                (2/4)
[Verse 1]
      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       G/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     G/B     C
Lovely Lady May

[Chorus 1]
      Am        C/B      C
Now I ain't the sharpest chisel
          F                   C
That your hands have ever held
    Am              G/B     C
But darlin' I could love you well
         F               C
'Til the roll is called on high
     Am      G/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     G/B     C
Lovely Lady May

[Break]
| C       | F   C   | F   C   | Am G/B C   |
| C       | F   C   | F   C   | Am G/B | C
                                (2/4)
[Verse 2]
         C
Lord the wind can leave you shiverin'
      F                      C
As it waltzes o'er the leaves
          Am      G/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        G/B      C
'Cept a good long line of praises
       F              C
For my lovely Lady May

[Chorus 2]
      Am        G/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      G/B         C
I'm a hickory all the same
       Am       G/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     G/B     C
For my lovely Lady May

[Outro]
| C       | F   C   | F   C   | Am G/B | C
                                (2/4)