Lemon Tree
E
B7~D~
C~m7
B7
Amaj7
B
E
B
E
E
B7
E
B7
E
When I was just a lad of ten My father said to me
E
B~D~
C~m
B
A
B
E
“Come here and take a lesson from The lovely lemon tree
A
G
A
G
F~m
Don’t put your faith in love, my boy” My father said to me
F
A~E
Bm7
E
A
“I fear you’ll find that love is like The lovely lemon tree”
D
A
Lemon tree very pretty And the lemon flower is sweet
D
But the fruit of the poor lemon Is impossible to eat
D
A
Lemon tree very pretty And the lemon flower is sweet
D
B7
But the fruit of the poor lemon Is impossible to eat
E
B7
E
B7
E
Beneath the lemon tree one day My love and I did lie
E
B~D~
C~m
B
A
B
E
A girl so sweet that when she smiled The sun rose in the sky
A
G
A
G
F~m
We passed the summer lost in love Beneath the lemon tree
F
A~E
Bm7
E
A
The music of her laughter hid My father’s words from me
D
A
Lemon tree very pretty And the lemon flower is sweet
D
But the fruit of the poor lemon Is impossible to eat
D
A
Lemon tree very pretty And the lemon flower is sweet
D
B7
But the fruit of the poor lemon Is impossible to eat
E
B7
E
B7
E
One day she left without a word She took away the sun
E
B~D~
C~m
B
A
B
E
And in the dark she left behind I knew what she had done
A
G
A
G
F~m
She left me for another It’s a common tale but true
F
A~E
Bm7
E
A
A sadder man but wiser now I sing this song to you
D
A
Lemon tree very pretty And the lemon flower is sweet
D
But the fruit of the poor lemon Is impossible to eat
D
A
Lemon tree very pretty And the lemon flower is sweet
D
B7
But the fruit of the poor lemon Is impossible to eat
C~m7
Bm7
C~m
B
Amaj7
D
B7~D~
F~m
E
G
A
A~E
B~D~
F
B7