Standard Tuning
Capo on the 2nd fret



     Bm              A                  G             D
 Now May and I were two children just swimming in a pool
       Bm                A                 G                  D
 We'd ride on rockets, swing-sets and we tried to touch the moon
    Bm             A                G                    D
 And I will never forget the first time she touched my hand
         Bm                A                  G            D    
 I knew this could be the one who would make me an honest man

G         A                Bm 
 She was like the way she was
G         A                D
 She was like the way she was

     Bm            A             G                D
 Now we got older faster than we ever could have seen
  Bm                   A              G            D
 Lights went down on graduation then on a wedding ring
 Bm                   A               G           D
 We bought our first house and had a baby on the way
             Bm             A
 But during birth I got my daughter
         G           D
 Jesus took away my May

     A                     Bm         G
 And I didn't know how to say what I felt
     A                     Bm          G
 No, I didn't know how to say what it felt like


  D                     A
 She was just like she was
           Bm                                G
 When you looked into her eyes you'd come undone
  D                     A
 She was just like she was
                             Bm
 She could love you on your worst day
                            G
 And didn't care about the mistakes
          A        D
 She was like she was

 
      Bm             A
 Now baby girl love daddy most
       G                   D
 But they need a mother's care
     Bm               A
 I tried my best to raise her right
          G                 D
 I just couldn't braid her hair
 Bm               A             G                D
 One day she got old enough to have her wedding day
     Bm                A
 But as I walked her down the aisle
         G               D
 All I could see was my May

     A                     Bm         G
 And I didn't know how to say what I felt
    A                     Bm          G
 No I didn't know how to say what it felt like
 

  D                     A
 She was just like she was
           Bm                                G
 When you looked into her eyes you'd come undone
  D                     A
 She was just like she was
                             Bm
 She could love you on your worst day
                            G
 And didn't care about the mistakes
          A        D
 She was like she was


      Em     A                   Bm     G
 But May I hope you can see what I see
                                 Em              A
 Cause when they talk about our baby girl they think of you
           Bm       ( G )
 And they say to me

 
  D                   A
 She's just like she was
         Bm                               G
 When I looked into her eyes I'd see the sun
  D                     A
 She was just like she was
                             Bm
 She could love you on your worst day
                             G
 And doesn't care about the mistakes
          A        D
 She was like she was

D                     A
 She was just like she was
         Bm                              G
 When I looked into her eyes I'd come undone
  D                     A
 She was just like she was
                       Bm
 And I cannot feel my heart beat
                               G
 Without the thought of her inside me
          A        D
 She was like she was