Lemon Tree (2004 Remaster) Chords
Tempo:
168.1 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
D
B
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E] [D#] [C#m] [A]
[B] [E] [B]
[E] When I was just a lad of ten, my father said to me,
Come here [C#m] and take a lesson [F#m] from the [B] lovely lemon [E]
tree.
[A] Don't put your [G] [A] faith in [G] love, my boy, [A] my father [G] said [F#m] to me,
[F] I fear you'll [A] find that love is like [Bm] the lovely lemon [A]
tree.
[D]
Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower [A] is sweet,
But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible [D] to eat.
Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon [A] flower is sweet,
But the [C] fruit of the [A] poor lemon is impossible [Em] to [Bm] eat.
[B] [E] One day [B] [E] beneath the lemon tree, my love and I did lie,
A girl [B] so sweet [E] that when she [F#m] smiled the stars [E] rose in the sky.
[A] We passed that summer [G] lost in love beneath the lemon [F#m] tree,
[F] The music of [A] her laughter [E] hid my father's [C#] words from me.
[D]
Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower [A] is sweet,
But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat.
[E] Lemon tree [D] very pretty and the lemon [A] flower is sweet,
But the fruit of the poor lemon is [Em] impossible [Bm] to [B]
eat.
One day she left [E] without a word, she took away the sun,
And [F#m] in the dark she'd left behind I knew [G#m] what she had [E] done.
[A] She'd left me for [G] another, it's a common tale [F#m] but true,
[Fm] A sadder man [A] but wiser now I sing [Em] these words [A] to you.
[E] Lemon
[D] tree very pretty and the lemon flower [A] is sweet,
But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible [D] to eat.
Lemon [G] tree very [D] pretty and the [G] lemon flower [A] is sweet,
But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible [D] to eat. Lemon tree
[A]
[D]
[B] [E] [B]
[E] When I was just a lad of ten, my father said to me,
Come here [C#m] and take a lesson [F#m] from the [B] lovely lemon [E]
tree.
[A] Don't put your [G] [A] faith in [G] love, my boy, [A] my father [G] said [F#m] to me,
[F] I fear you'll [A] find that love is like [Bm] the lovely lemon [A]
tree.
[D]
Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower [A] is sweet,
But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible [D] to eat.
Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon [A] flower is sweet,
But the [C] fruit of the [A] poor lemon is impossible [Em] to [Bm] eat.
[B] [E] One day [B] [E] beneath the lemon tree, my love and I did lie,
A girl [B] so sweet [E] that when she [F#m] smiled the stars [E] rose in the sky.
[A] We passed that summer [G] lost in love beneath the lemon [F#m] tree,
[F] The music of [A] her laughter [E] hid my father's [C#] words from me.
[D]
Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower [A] is sweet,
But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat.
[E] Lemon tree [D] very pretty and the lemon [A] flower is sweet,
But the fruit of the poor lemon is [Em] impossible [Bm] to [B]
eat.
One day she left [E] without a word, she took away the sun,
And [F#m] in the dark she'd left behind I knew [G#m] what she had [E] done.
[A] She'd left me for [G] another, it's a common tale [F#m] but true,
[Fm] A sadder man [A] but wiser now I sing [Em] these words [A] to you.
[E] Lemon
[D] tree very pretty and the lemon flower [A] is sweet,
But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible [D] to eat.
Lemon [G] tree very [D] pretty and the [G] lemon flower [A] is sweet,
But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible [D] to eat. Lemon tree
[A]
[D]
Key:
A
E
D
B
G
A
E
D
[E] _ _ [D#] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _
[E] _ _ _ When I was just a lad of ten, my father said to me,
Come here [C#m] and take a lesson [F#m] from the [B] lovely lemon [E]
tree.
_ [A] Don't put your [G] [A] faith in [G] love, my boy, [A] my father [G] said [F#m] to me,
[F] I fear you'll [A] find that love is like [Bm] the lovely lemon [A] _
tree.
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower [A] is sweet,
But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible _ [D] to eat.
Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon [A] flower is sweet,
But the [C] fruit of the [A] poor lemon is _ impossible [Em] to [Bm] eat.
_ _ [B] _ _ _ [E] One day [B] _ [E] beneath the lemon tree, my love and I did lie,
A girl [B] so sweet [E] that when she [F#m] smiled the stars [E] rose in the sky.
_ [A] We passed that summer [G] lost in love beneath the lemon [F#m] tree,
_ [F] The music of [A] her laughter [E] hid my father's [C#] words from _ me.
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
Lemon tree very pretty _ and the lemon flower [A] is sweet,
But the fruit of the poor lemon _ is impossible to eat.
_ [E] Lemon tree _ [D] very pretty and the lemon [A] flower is sweet,
But the fruit of the poor lemon is _ [Em] impossible [Bm] to _ _ [B]
eat.
_ _ One day she left [E] without a word, she took away the sun,
And [F#m] in the dark she'd left behind I knew [G#m] what she had [E] done.
_ [A] She'd left me for [G] another, _ it's a common tale [F#m] but true,
_ [Fm] A sadder man [A] but _ wiser now I sing [Em] these words [A] to _ you.
_ _ _ [E] _ _ Lemon _
[D] tree _ very pretty _ and the lemon flower [A] is sweet,
But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible [D] to eat.
Lemon [G] tree very [D] pretty and the [G] lemon flower [A] is sweet,
But the fruit of _ _ the poor lemon is impossible [D] _ to eat. Lemon _ tree _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _
[E] _ _ _ When I was just a lad of ten, my father said to me,
Come here [C#m] and take a lesson [F#m] from the [B] lovely lemon [E]
tree.
_ [A] Don't put your [G] [A] faith in [G] love, my boy, [A] my father [G] said [F#m] to me,
[F] I fear you'll [A] find that love is like [Bm] the lovely lemon [A] _
tree.
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower [A] is sweet,
But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible _ [D] to eat.
Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon [A] flower is sweet,
But the [C] fruit of the [A] poor lemon is _ impossible [Em] to [Bm] eat.
_ _ [B] _ _ _ [E] One day [B] _ [E] beneath the lemon tree, my love and I did lie,
A girl [B] so sweet [E] that when she [F#m] smiled the stars [E] rose in the sky.
_ [A] We passed that summer [G] lost in love beneath the lemon [F#m] tree,
_ [F] The music of [A] her laughter [E] hid my father's [C#] words from _ me.
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
Lemon tree very pretty _ and the lemon flower [A] is sweet,
But the fruit of the poor lemon _ is impossible to eat.
_ [E] Lemon tree _ [D] very pretty and the lemon [A] flower is sweet,
But the fruit of the poor lemon is _ [Em] impossible [Bm] to _ _ [B]
eat.
_ _ One day she left [E] without a word, she took away the sun,
And [F#m] in the dark she'd left behind I knew [G#m] what she had [E] done.
_ [A] She'd left me for [G] another, _ it's a common tale [F#m] but true,
_ [Fm] A sadder man [A] but _ wiser now I sing [Em] these words [A] to _ you.
_ _ _ [E] _ _ Lemon _
[D] tree _ very pretty _ and the lemon flower [A] is sweet,
But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible [D] to eat.
Lemon [G] tree very [D] pretty and the [G] lemon flower [A] is sweet,
But the fruit of _ _ the poor lemon is impossible [D] _ to eat. Lemon _ tree _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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