C G C
When I was just a lad of ten my father said to me
C G C
Come here and take a lesson from the lovely lemon tree
F C F
Don't put your faith in love my boy, my father said to me
F C F
I fear you'll find that love is like the lovely lemon tree
[Chorus]
C G
Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet
G C
But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat
C G
Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet
G C A7
But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat
[Verse 2]
D A D
One day beneath the lemon tree my love and I did lie
D A D
A girl so sweet that when she smiled the stars rose in the sky
G D G
We passed that summer lost in love beneath the lemon tree
G D G
The music of her laughter hid my father's words from me
[Chorus]
D A
Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet
A D
But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat
D A
Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet
A D
But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat
D A
Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet
A D
But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat
D A
Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet
