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#1.
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When I was but a little boy, my father said to me,
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come here and learn a lesson, from the lovely lemon tree.
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My son, it's most impor..tant, my father said to me,
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to put your trust in what you feel, and not in what you see.
CHORUS:
A D A
Lemon tree very pretty, and the lemon flower is sweet,
A7 D
But the fruit of the poor lemon is im..possible to eat.
D A
Lemon tree very pretty, and the lemon flower is sweet,
A7 D B
But the fruit of the poor lemon is im..possible to eat.
#2.
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Beneath that lemon tree one day, my love and I did lie,
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A girl so sweet that when she smiled, the sun rose in the sky.
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We spent that summer lost in love, beneath that lemon tree..
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the magic of her laughter hid my father's words from me.
CHORUS:
A D A
Lemon tree very pretty, and the lemon flower is sweet,
A7 D
But the fruit of the poor lemon is im..possible to eat.
D A
Lemon tree very pretty, and the lemon flower is sweet,
A7 D B
But the fruit of the poor lemon is im..possible to eat.
#3.
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One day she left without a word..she took away the sun.
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And in the dark she left behind, I knew what she had done.
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She left me for an..other man, it's a common tale, but true.
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A sadder man but wiser now, I sing these words to you.
CHORUS:
A D A
Lemon tree very pretty, and the lemon flower is sweet,
A7 D
But the fruit of the poor lemon is im..possible to eat.
D A
Lemon tree very pretty, and the lemon flower is sweet,
A7 D
But the fruit of the poor lemon is im..possible to eat.
OUTRO:
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Lemon tree, very pretty..(x3)(Fade.)
