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