Lemon Tree Chords by Bobby Bare
Tempo:
67.2 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
D
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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When I was just a lad of ten, [A] my father said [D] to me,
[A] Come here and take a [D] lesson from the lovely lemon tree.
[G] Don't put your faith in love, my boy, my father said to me,
I fear you'll find that love is like the lovely lemon tree.
[C] Lemon tree, very pretty, and the lemon flower is [G] sweet,
But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat.
Lemon tree, very pretty, and the lemon flower [G] is sweet,
But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible [C] to eat.
[A] One [D] day beneath the lemon tree, my love and I did lie,
A girl so sweet that when she smiled, the stars rose [D] in the sky.
[G] We passed that summer lost in love beneath the lemon tree,
The music of her laughter hit my [D] father's [G] words from me.
Lemon [C] tree, very pretty, and the lemon flower [G] is sweet,
But the fruit of the poor lemon is [C] impossible to eat.
Lemon tree, very pretty, and the lemon flower [G] is sweet,
But the fruit of the poor lemon [G] is impossible [C] to eat.
Lemon tree, very pretty, and the lemon [G] flower is sweet,
But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible [C] to eat.
Lemon tree, very pretty, and the lemon flower is sweet,
[A] Come here and take a [D] lesson from the lovely lemon tree.
[G] Don't put your faith in love, my boy, my father said to me,
I fear you'll find that love is like the lovely lemon tree.
[C] Lemon tree, very pretty, and the lemon flower is [G] sweet,
But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat.
Lemon tree, very pretty, and the lemon flower [G] is sweet,
But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible [C] to eat.
[A] One [D] day beneath the lemon tree, my love and I did lie,
A girl so sweet that when she smiled, the stars rose [D] in the sky.
[G] We passed that summer lost in love beneath the lemon tree,
The music of her laughter hit my [D] father's [G] words from me.
Lemon [C] tree, very pretty, and the lemon flower [G] is sweet,
But the fruit of the poor lemon is [C] impossible to eat.
Lemon tree, very pretty, and the lemon flower [G] is sweet,
But the fruit of the poor lemon [G] is impossible [C] to eat.
Lemon tree, very pretty, and the lemon [G] flower is sweet,
But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible [C] to eat.
Lemon tree, very pretty, and the lemon flower is sweet,
Key:
G
C
D
A
G
C
D
A
_ _ When I was just a lad of ten, [A] my father said [D] to me,
[A] Come here and take a [D] lesson from the lovely lemon tree.
[G] Don't put your faith in love, my boy, my father said to me,
I fear you'll find that love is like the lovely lemon tree.
_ [C] Lemon tree, very pretty, and the lemon flower is [G] sweet,
But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat.
Lemon tree, very pretty, and the lemon flower [G] is sweet,
But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible [C] to eat.
_ [A] One [D] day beneath the lemon tree, my love and I did lie,
A girl so sweet that when she smiled, the stars rose [D] in the sky.
[G] We passed that summer lost in love beneath the lemon tree,
The music of her laughter hit my [D] father's [G] words from me.
Lemon [C] tree, very pretty, and the lemon flower [G] is sweet,
But the fruit of the poor lemon is [C] impossible to eat.
Lemon tree, very pretty, and the lemon flower [G] is sweet,
But the fruit of the poor lemon [G] is impossible [C] to eat.
Lemon tree, very pretty, and the lemon [G] flower is sweet,
But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible [C] to eat.
Lemon tree, very pretty, and the lemon flower is sweet,
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] Come here and take a [D] lesson from the lovely lemon tree.
[G] Don't put your faith in love, my boy, my father said to me,
I fear you'll find that love is like the lovely lemon tree.
_ [C] Lemon tree, very pretty, and the lemon flower is [G] sweet,
But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat.
Lemon tree, very pretty, and the lemon flower [G] is sweet,
But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible [C] to eat.
_ [A] One [D] day beneath the lemon tree, my love and I did lie,
A girl so sweet that when she smiled, the stars rose [D] in the sky.
[G] We passed that summer lost in love beneath the lemon tree,
The music of her laughter hit my [D] father's [G] words from me.
Lemon [C] tree, very pretty, and the lemon flower [G] is sweet,
But the fruit of the poor lemon is [C] impossible to eat.
Lemon tree, very pretty, and the lemon flower [G] is sweet,
But the fruit of the poor lemon [G] is impossible [C] to eat.
Lemon tree, very pretty, and the lemon [G] flower is sweet,
But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible [C] to eat.
Lemon tree, very pretty, and the lemon flower is sweet,
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