Lonesome River Band - Mayhayleys house

^GmDown in the shade of the ^Dmknotty pine Lives an old woman with a ^Gmmarble hide Done as hay, ^Dmthin and vine And ^Fworn as bible ^Gmpages

She was born with a veil --a ^Dmseer's sign A preacher's tongue and a law^Gmyer's mind She'd tell your fortune for a ^Dmbuck and a dime The ^Foracle of ^Gmages

^GmHey let's go down ^CmLet's go down to Mayhayley's house ^GmThey ^Bbsay, she's ^Fcra^Cmzy ^GmHey whatcha wanna know now ^CmAsk Mayhayley and you'll find out ^GmThey ^Bbsay, she's ^Fcra^Cmzy

^GmJohn Mollis was a ^Dmwealthy man Cattle, people, ^Gmliquor, land He caught wind of a ^Dmthieving hand And he killed the man who ^Gmwronged him Though when ^Gmhe heard the sheriff was ^Dmasking 'round He went out to May^Gmhayley's house Askin if he'd ^Dmbe found out She said death was ^Gmcoming

^GmWell the sheriff knew of May^Dmhayley, too And when he'd run near ^Gmout of clues He went to see her on a ^Dmfull moon And said "I need to find a ^Gmbody" ^GmShe took hairs from a ^Dmpossom's leg Spat 'em into the ^Gmfiring red The flames fore wild and ^Dmhung her head And siad "ashes on the ^Gmwater"

^GmHey let's go down ^CmLet's go down to Mayhayley's house ^GmThey ^Bbsay, she's ^Fcra^Cmzy ^GmHey whatcha wanna know now ^CmAsk Mayhayley and you'll find out ^GmThey ^Bbsay, she's ^Fcra^Cmzy

Well the ^Gmsheriff found the ^Dmash and bone On a creek bed by the ^GmWallace home He jailed him, trialed him, and ^Dmsent him on His way by way of ^Gmlife May^Gmhayley saw her ^Dmfortune grow People lined up and ^Gmdown the road They found out things they ^Dmdidn't know When they keep the hid from ^Gmhiding

^GmHey let's go down ^CmLet's go down to Mayhayley's house ^GmThey ^Bbsay, she's ^Fcra^Cmzy ^GmHey whatcha wanna know now ^CmAsk Mayhayley and you'll find out ^GmThey ^Bbsay, she's ^Fcra^Cmzy