Intro:
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Verse 1:
      Eb
I'm a stone's throw from the mill
          Ab                Eb
And I'm a good walk to the river
        Ab              Eb
When my workin' day is over
         Cm       Eb       Eb
We'll go swim our cares away
         Eb
Put your toes down in the water
      Ab                Eb
And a smile across your face
    Ab                Eb
And tell me that you love me
Cm     Eb       Eb
Lovely Lady May

Chorus 1:
      Cm        Eb        Eb
Now I ain't the sharpest chisel
          Ab                   Eb
That your hands have ever held
    Cm              Eb       Eb
But darlin' I could love you well
         Ab               Eb
'Til the roll is called on high
     Cm      Eb        Eb
I've seen my share of trouble
         Ab                Eb
And I've held my weight in shame
        Ab               Eb
But I'm baptized in your name
Cm     Eb       Eb
Lovely Lady May

Interlude:
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Verse 2:
         Eb
Lord the wind can leave you shiverin'
      Ab                      Eb
As it waltzes o'er the leaves
          Cm      Eb          Eb
It's been rushin' through my timber
          Ab                   Eb
'Til your love brought on the spring
        Eb
Now the mountains all are blushin'
         Ab                     Eb
And they don't know what to say
        Cm        Eb        Eb
'Cept a good long line of praises
       Ab              Eb
For my lovely Lady May

Chorus 2:
      Cm        Eb        Eb
Now I ain't the toughest hickory
          Ab                  Eb
That your axe has ever felled
          Ab                   Eb
But I'm a hickory just as well
      Cm      Eb           Eb
I'm a hickory all the same
       Cm       Eb            Eb
I came crashin' through the forest
       Ab              Eb
As you cut my roots away
      Ab               Eb
And I fell a good long ways
       Cm     Eb       Eb
For my lovely Lady May

Outro:
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