-1 (one half step down) might be more fitting the key of some versions of this song.
Verse:
E Ab
There once was a bitter-sweet man and they called him Lemon Boy
A Gbm B
He was growing in my garden and I pulled him out by his hair, like a weed
E Ab
And like weeds do he only came and grew back again
A Gbm B
So I figured this time I might as well let him be
Chorus:
A E Ab Gbm B
Lemon Boy and me started to get along together
A E Ab Gbm B
I'll help him plant his seeds and we'd mow the lawn in bad weather
A E Ab Gbm B A
It's actually pretty easy being nice to a bitter boy like him
B E
So I got myself a citrus friend
Verse:
E Ab
But soon his bitter-sweet started to rub off on me
A Gbm B
You'd think smelling like lemon zest would be pretty neat
E Ab
I found out that my friends were more of the savory type
A Gbm B
And they weren't too keen with compromising with a nice lemon pie
Chorus:
A E Ab Gbm B
So Lemon Boy and me, we just got to get along together
A E Ab Gbm B
I helped him plant his seeds and we'd mow the lawn in bad weather
A E Ab Gbm B A
It's actually pretty easy being nice to a bitter boy like him
B E
So I got myself a citrus friend
Bridge:
E Ab
But what if I run out of fertilizer?
A Am
What if the clouds run out of rain?
A E
What if Lemon Boy won't grow no longer?
Ab A Am
What if beaches dry of sugar cane? Oh well,
E
The whales start to beach themselves
Ab A
Tortoise shells tear away from their spines
A Am
It happens all the time
Gbm B E
It happens all the time
Interlude: E Ab A Am Gbm B
Outro:
A E Ab Gbm B
Lemon Boy and I, we're gonna live forever
A E Ab Gbm B
Like Snufkin and Little My, we'll get around wherever
A E Ab Gbm B
Lemon Boy and I, we're gonna live forever
A E Ab Gbm B
Like Snufkin and Little My, we'll get around wherever
A E Ab Gbm B A
It's actually pretty easy being nice to a bitter boy like him
B A
Cause we're the bitterest boys in town
B A
Yeah we're the bitterest guys around
B E
and I've got myself a citrus friend
Outro: E A Gbm B E A Gbm B E
