Lady May Chords & Tabs

by Tyler Childers

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
      C                                      F                C    
I'm a stone's throw from the mill, and I'm a good walk to the river
F              C              Am     (walk up) C
When my working day is over, we'll go swim our cares away
         C                           F                 C   
Put your toes down in the water, and smile across your face
F                C        Am    (walk up) C
And tell me that you love me, lovely Lady May

[Verse 2]
Am       (walk up) C                F                   C
Now I ain't the sharpest chisel that your hands have ever held
Am            (walk up) C               F                C
But darlin' I could love you well, till the roll is called on high
Am     (walk up) C                 F                C
I've seen my share of trouble, and I've held my weight in shame
F               C      Am    (walk up) C
But I am baptized in your name, lovely Lady May

[Riff]
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[Verse 3]
         C                                  F                C     
Lord the wind can leave you shiverin' as it waltzes over the leaves
F                  C                Am         (walk up) C
It's been rushing through my timber till your love brought on the spring
        C                                    F                  C  
Now the mountains all are blushin', and they don't know what to say
F                 C              Am (walk up) C
Except a good long line of praises for my lovely Lady May

[Verse 4]
Am7      (walk up) C                 F                C
Now I ain't the toughest hickory that your axe has ever fell
F                  C        Am     (walk up)    C
But I'm a hickory just as well, I'm a hickory all the same
Am      (walk up)    C             F              C
I came crashing through the forest as you cut my roots away
F               C             Am    (walk up) C
And I fell a good long ways, for my lovely Lady May

[Outro]
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