Brothers Four - Lemon Tree Chords

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