Lemon Tree - Peter Paul And Mary, ukulele chords

Published: 2017-05-30 13:44
Selection chords: Ethan Cooper

     D     A7      D              D      A7     D
When I was just a lad of ten, my father said to me
      D        A7      D               D      A7     D
"Come here and take a lesson from the lovely lemon tree"
       G         D7       G                G     D7       G
"Donʼt put your faith in love, my boy" my father said to me
    G           D7       G                 G      D7     G
"I fear youʼll find that love is like the lovely lemon tree"

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

     D     A7      D              D      A7     D
One day beneath the lemon tree, my love and I did lie
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A girl so sweet that when she smiled, the stars rose in the sky
       G         D7       G                G     D7      G
We passed that summer lost in love, beneath the lemon tree
       G         D7       G                G     D7    G
The music of her laughter hid my fatherʼs words from me

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

     D     A7      D              D      A7     D
One day she left without a word, she took away the sun
     D     A7      D              D      A7     D
And in the dark she left behind, I knew what she had done
       G         D7       G                G     D7 G
She left me for another, itʼs a common tale but true
       G         D7       G                G     D7  G
A sadder man, but wiser now, I sing these words to you

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