Lady May Chords by Tyler Childers

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I'm a stone's throw from the mill, [F] and I'm a good walk to the river.
When my working day [Eb] is over, we'll [Cm] go swim our [Eb] cares away.
_ _ _ Put your toes down in the water, _ [Ab] and a smile across [Eb] your [F] face.
And tell me [Eb] that you love me, [Cm] _
lovely [Eb] Lady May. _ _ _
[Cm] Now I ain't [Dm] the [Eb] sharpest chisel that your [Ab] hands have [Eb] ever held.
_ But [D] darling, I could love [Eb] you well, _ [F] till the rose calls [Eb] on. _ _ _
_ [Cm] I've seen [Bb] my share of trouble, [Eb] and I've held [Cm] my weight [Eb] in shame.
But [F] I'm baptized [Cm] in [Eb] your name, _ _ _ _ [Gm] lovely Lady May.
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Lord, the wind can leave you shivering [Ab] as it waltzes over [Eb] the leaves.
It's [Cm] been rushing through my [Eb] timber till your love brought on the spring.
_ _ Now the mountains all are blushing, and [Ab] they don't know what to [Eb] say.
Except [Cm] a good long line [Eb] of praises for [Ab] my lovely Lady [Eb] May. _ _ _
Now [Cm] I ain't the [Eb] toughest hickory that [Ab] your axe has ever [Eb] felled.
But I'm a hickory just as well, _ [Cm] I'm a hickory all [Eb] the same. _
_ _ _ [Cm] I came crashing through [F] the forest [Ab] as you cut my [Eb] roots away.
[F] And I fell a good long ways [Eb] for my [Dm] lovely Lady [Eb] May. _ _ _
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