2 acessos
D A7/C# Bm7 A7 Gmaj7 A D A D [Verse 1] D A7 D D A7 D When I was just a lad of ten, my father said to me, D A7/C# Bm D/A G6 A7 D "Come here and take a lesson from the lovely lemon tree." G F G G F Em "Don't put your faith in love, my boy", my father said to me, D# G Am7 D7 G7 "I fear you'll find that love is like the lovely lemon tree." [Chorus] C F C F C F G7 Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet G7 G7 G7 C but the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat. C F C F C F G7 Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet G7 G7 G7 C A7 but the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat. [Verse 2] D A7 D D A7 D One day beneath the lemon tree, my love and I did lie D A7/C# Bm D/A G6 A7 D A girl so sweet that when she smiled the stars rose in the sky. G F G G F Em We passed that summer lost in love beneath the lemon tree D# G Am7 D7 G7 the music of her laughter hid my father's words from me: [Chorus] C F C F C F G7 Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet G7 G7 G7 C but the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat. C F C F C F G7 Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet G7 G7 G7 C A7 but the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat. [Verse 3] D A7 D D A7 D One day she left without a word. She took away the sun. D A7/C# Bm D/A G6 A7 D And in the dark she left behind, I knew what she had done. G F G G F Em She'd left me for another, it's a common tale but true. D# G Am7 D7 G7 A sadder man but wiser now I sing these words to you: [Chorus] C F C F C F G7 Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet G7 G7 G7 C but the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat. C F C F C F G7 Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet G7 G7 G7 C but the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat. [Outro] G Lemon tree (lemon tree) C Lemon tree (lemon tree) G Lemon tree (lemon tree) C C Lemon tree (lemon tree)