:: When [G] I was just a lad of ten, my father [D] said to [G] me,
"Come [G] here and take a [C] lesson from the [D] lovely lemon [G] tree.
Don't [C] put your faith in [F] love my boy," my [C] father [G] said to [C] me. "I [C] fear you'll find that [F] love is like the [C] lovely [G] lemon [C] tree." - - - [D7]
[ CHORUS ] [D7] Lemon [G] tree, very pretty, and the lemon flower is [C] sweet, but the [D] fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to [G] eat.
[G] Lemon tree, very pretty, and the lemon flower is [C] sweet, but the [D] fruit of the poor lemon is im- [D7] -possible to [G] eat.
:: One [G] day beneath the lemon tree my love and [D] I did [G] lie.
A [G] girl so sweet that [C] when she smiled the [D] stars rose in the [G] sky.
We [C] passed that summer [F] lost in love [C] beneath the [G] lemon [C] tree. The [C] music of her [F] laughter hid my [C] father's [G] words from [C] me. - - - [D7]
[ CHORUS ] [D7] Lemon [G] tree, very pretty, and the lemon flower is [C] sweet, but the [D] fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to [G] eat. [G] Lemon tree, very pretty, and the lemon flower is [C] sweet, but the [D] fruit of the poor lemon is im- [D7] -possible to [G] eat.
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:: One [G] day she left without a word, she took [D] away the [G] sun. And [G] in the dark she [C] left behind, I knew what [D] she had [G] done.
She [C] left me for a- [F] -nother, it's a [C] common [G] tale but [C] true. A [C] sadder man but [F] wiser now, I [C] sing these [G] words to [C] you. - - - [D7]
[ CHORUS ] [D7] Lemon [G] tree, very pretty, and the lemon flower is [C] sweet, but the [D] fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to [G] eat. [G] Lemon tree, very pretty, and the lemon flower is [C] sweet, but the [D] fruit of the poor lemon is im- [D7] -possible to [G] eat.
