Lemon Tree
Kingston TrioVersion1
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When I was just a lad of ten, my father said to me,
"Come here and take a lesson from the lovely lemon tree.
Don't put your faith in love my boy," my father said to me.
"I fear you'll find that love is like the lovely lemon tree."
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Lemon tree, very pretty, and the lemon flower is sweet,
But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat.
Lemon tree, very pretty, and the lemon flower is sweet,
But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat.
One day beneath the lemon tree my love and I did lie.
A girl so sweet that when she smiled the stars rose in the sky.
We passed that summer lost in love beneath the lemon tree.
The music of her laughter hid my father's words from me.
One day she left without a word, she took away the sun.
And in the dark she left behind, I knew what she had done.
She left me for another, it's a common tale but true.
A sadder man but wiser now, I sing these words to you.
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Readable chord sheet for Lemon Tree by Kingston Trio
[G]When I[D] was ju[G]st a lad of ten[G], my fa[D]ther sai[G]d to me, "Come [G]here and [D]take a [C]lesson from the lovely [D]lemon [G]tree. Don't [C]put your [G]faith in [F]love my [C]boy," my father [G]said to [C]me. "I [C]fear you'll [G]find that [F]love is [G]like the [F]lovely [G]lemon [C]tree." : L[D7]emon tr[G]ee, ver[C]y pret[G]ty, and t[C]he lemon [G]flower [C]is sweet, [D] B[D]ut the fruit of the poor lemon[D] is impossibl[G]e to eat. L[G]emon tr[C]ee, ve[G]ry pretty[C], and the[G] lemon [C]flower is s[D]weet, B[C]ut the [D]fruit of the poor lemon [C]is imp[D7]ossible [G]to eat. O[G]ne day [D]beneath the[G] lemon tree my [G]love and I[D] did li[G]e. A[G] girl so [D]sweet that w[C]hen she sm[D]iled the sta[C]rs rose in t[D]he sky. [G] W[C]e passed that[G] summer [F]lost in l[C]ove bene[C]ath the lem[G]on tree[C]. T[C]he musi[G]c of her[F] laughter [G]hid my f[F]ather's wo[G]rds from me.[C] On[G]e day she [D]left withou[G]t a word, she took[G] away th[D]e sun. [G] An[G]d in the [D]dark she le[C]ft behind[D], I knew w[C]hat she had [D]done. [G] Sh[C]e left me [G]for ano[C]ther, it's a comm[C]on tale b[G]ut true. [C] A [C]sadder ma[G]n but wise[F]r now, I[G] sing the[F]se words to y[G]ou. [C]