Kingston Trio-Lemon Tree Chords
Tempo:
111 bpm
Chords used:
F
C
Bb
Eb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C] [F]
[C] [F]
When I was [C] just a little boy, my father said to me,
[F] Come here and learn a lesson from the lovely lemon tree.
[Bb] My son, it's most important, my father said to me,
To put your faith in what you feel and not in what you see.
[Eb] Lemon tree, very pretty, and the lemon [Bb] flower is sweet,
But the fruit of poor lemon is a thing one [Eb] cannot eat.
Lemon tree, very pretty, and the lemon [Bb] flower is sweet,
But the fruit of poor lemon is a thing one cannot eat.
[F]
Beneath that lemon tree one day my love and I did lie,
A girl so [C] sweet that when she smiled the sun rose in the sky.
[Bb] We passed the summer lost in love beneath the lemon tree,
The music [F] of her laughter hid my father's words from me.
[Eb] Lemon tree, very pretty, and the lemon [Bb] flower is sweet,
But the fruit of poor lemon is a thing one [Eb] cannot eat.
Lemon tree, very pretty, and the lemon [Bb] flower is sweet,
But the fruit of poor lemon is a thing one cannot eat.
[F]
[C] [F]
[C] [F]
[C] One day she left without a word, she took away the sun,
And in the dark she left behind, I knew what she [F] had done.
She [Bb] left me for another, it's a common tale but true,
A sadder man but wiser now I sing these [Bb] words to you.
Lemon [Eb] tree, very pretty, and the lemon flower is sweet,
But the fruit of poor lemon is a thing one [Eb] cannot eat.
Lemon tree, very pretty, and the lemon flower [Bb] is sweet,
But the fruit of poor lemon is a thing [Eb] one cannot eat.
[F] [C]
[C] [F]
[C] [F]
When I was [C] just a little boy, my father said to me,
[F] Come here and learn a lesson from the lovely lemon tree.
[Bb] My son, it's most important, my father said to me,
To put your faith in what you feel and not in what you see.
[Eb] Lemon tree, very pretty, and the lemon [Bb] flower is sweet,
But the fruit of poor lemon is a thing one [Eb] cannot eat.
Lemon tree, very pretty, and the lemon [Bb] flower is sweet,
But the fruit of poor lemon is a thing one cannot eat.
[F]
Beneath that lemon tree one day my love and I did lie,
A girl so [C] sweet that when she smiled the sun rose in the sky.
[Bb] We passed the summer lost in love beneath the lemon tree,
The music [F] of her laughter hid my father's words from me.
[Eb] Lemon tree, very pretty, and the lemon [Bb] flower is sweet,
But the fruit of poor lemon is a thing one [Eb] cannot eat.
Lemon tree, very pretty, and the lemon [Bb] flower is sweet,
But the fruit of poor lemon is a thing one cannot eat.
[F]
[C] [F]
[C] [F]
[C] One day she left without a word, she took away the sun,
And in the dark she left behind, I knew what she [F] had done.
She [Bb] left me for another, it's a common tale but true,
A sadder man but wiser now I sing these [Bb] words to you.
Lemon [Eb] tree, very pretty, and the lemon flower is sweet,
But the fruit of poor lemon is a thing one [Eb] cannot eat.
Lemon tree, very pretty, and the lemon flower [Bb] is sweet,
But the fruit of poor lemon is a thing [Eb] one cannot eat.
[F] [C]
[C] [F]
Key:
F
C
Bb
Eb
F
C
Bb
Eb
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _
_ _ When I was [C] just a little boy, my father said to me,
[F] Come here and learn a lesson from the lovely lemon tree.
[Bb] My son, it's most important, my father said to me,
To put your faith in what you feel and not in what you see.
[Eb] Lemon tree, very pretty, and the lemon [Bb] flower is sweet,
But the fruit of poor lemon is a thing one [Eb] cannot eat.
Lemon tree, very pretty, and the lemon [Bb] flower is sweet,
But the fruit of poor lemon is a thing one cannot eat.
[F] _ _ _ _
Beneath that lemon tree one day my love and I did lie,
A girl so [C] sweet that when she smiled the sun rose in the sky.
[Bb] We passed the summer lost in love beneath the lemon tree,
The music [F] of her laughter hid my father's words from me.
[Eb] Lemon tree, very pretty, and the lemon [Bb] flower is sweet,
But the fruit of poor lemon is a thing one [Eb] cannot eat.
Lemon tree, very pretty, and the lemon [Bb] flower is sweet,
But the fruit of poor lemon is a thing one cannot eat.
_ [F] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _
[C] One day she left without a word, she took away the sun,
And in the dark she left behind, I knew what she [F] had done.
She [Bb] left me for another, it's a common tale but true,
A sadder man but wiser now I sing these [Bb] words to you.
Lemon [Eb] tree, very pretty, and the lemon flower is sweet,
But the fruit of poor lemon is a thing one [Eb] cannot eat.
Lemon tree, very pretty, and the lemon flower [Bb] is sweet,
But the fruit of poor lemon is a thing [Eb] one cannot eat.
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _
_ _ When I was [C] just a little boy, my father said to me,
[F] Come here and learn a lesson from the lovely lemon tree.
[Bb] My son, it's most important, my father said to me,
To put your faith in what you feel and not in what you see.
[Eb] Lemon tree, very pretty, and the lemon [Bb] flower is sweet,
But the fruit of poor lemon is a thing one [Eb] cannot eat.
Lemon tree, very pretty, and the lemon [Bb] flower is sweet,
But the fruit of poor lemon is a thing one cannot eat.
[F] _ _ _ _
Beneath that lemon tree one day my love and I did lie,
A girl so [C] sweet that when she smiled the sun rose in the sky.
[Bb] We passed the summer lost in love beneath the lemon tree,
The music [F] of her laughter hid my father's words from me.
[Eb] Lemon tree, very pretty, and the lemon [Bb] flower is sweet,
But the fruit of poor lemon is a thing one [Eb] cannot eat.
Lemon tree, very pretty, and the lemon [Bb] flower is sweet,
But the fruit of poor lemon is a thing one cannot eat.
_ [F] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _
[C] One day she left without a word, she took away the sun,
And in the dark she left behind, I knew what she [F] had done.
She [Bb] left me for another, it's a common tale but true,
A sadder man but wiser now I sing these [Bb] words to you.
Lemon [Eb] tree, very pretty, and the lemon flower is sweet,
But the fruit of poor lemon is a thing one [Eb] cannot eat.
Lemon tree, very pretty, and the lemon flower [Bb] is sweet,
But the fruit of poor lemon is a thing [Eb] one cannot eat.
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _