Intro: E  B7     Dbm7 B7  Amaj7  B  E  B  E

Verse 1:
     E     B7     E              E      B7      E
When I was just a lad of ten, my mother said to me,
      E        B7     Dbm    E        A6     B7    E
"Come here and take a lesson from the lovely lemon tree."
       A        G        A                 A      G       Gbm
"Don't put your faith in love, my boy", my father said to me,
   F                    A                Bm7    E7    A7
"I fear you'll find that love is like the lovely lemon tree."

Chorus:
      D    G    D      G       D     G         A7
Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet
        A7                A7         A7          D
but the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat.
      D    G    D      G       D     G         A7
Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet
        A7                A7         A7          D     B7
but the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat.

Verse 2:
    E     B7        E          E            B7    E
One day beneath the lemon tree, my love and I did lie
  E       B7         Dbm      E          A6         B7     E
a girl so sweet that when she smiled the stars rose in the sky.
   A           G      A              A         G     Gbm
We passed that summer lost in love beneath the lemon tree
    F           A               Bm7      E7         A7
the music of her laughter hid my father's words from me:

Chorus:
      D    G    D      G       D     G         A7
Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet
        A7                A7         A7          D
but the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat.
      D    G    D      G       D     G         A7
Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet
        A7                A7         A7          D     B7
but the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat.

Verse 3:
    E       B7       E          E          B7      E
One day she left without a word. She took away the sun.
    E      B7       Dbm    E       A6        B7      E
And in the dark she left behind, I knew what she had done.
      A       G     A             A      G        Gbm
She'd left me for another, it's a common tale but true.
  F             A           Bm7        E7       A7
a sadder man but wiser now I sing these words to you:

Chorus:
      D    G    D      G       D     G         A7
Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet
        A7                A7         A7          D
but the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat.
      D    G    D      G       D     G         A7
Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet
        A7                A7         A7          D
but the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat.

Outro:
      A
Lemon tree (lemon tree)
      D
Lemon tree (lemon tree)
      A
Lemon tree (lemon tree)
      D                 D
Lemon tree (lemon tree)
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