Lemon Boy Ukulele chords by Cavetown

Tuning: G C E A (G C E A)

*= one strum

Verse 1:
      E                                                G#
There once was a bittersweet man and they called him, "Lemon Boy"
         A                                              F#m         B
He was growing in my garden and I pulled him out by his hair like a weed
     E                                  G#
And like weeds do he only came and grew back again
       A                                       F#m  B
So, I figured this time I might as well let him be


Chorus:
A             E                   G#    C#m  B
Lemon Boy and me started to get along together
      A                    E                     G#            C#m  B
I'd help him plant his seeds and we mowed the lawn in bad weather
       A               E          G#        C#m    B        A
It's actually pretty easy being nice to a bitter boy like him
            B*              E
So, I got myself a citrus friend

Verse 2:
                                         G#
But soon his bittersweet started to rub off on me
        A                                    F#m       B
You'd think smelling like lemon zest would be pretty neat
    E                                        G#
I found out that my friends are more of the savoury type
          A                                        F#m        B
And they weren't too keen on compromising with a nice lemon pie


Chorus:
   A             E                      G#       C#m  B
So Lemon Boy and me, we just gotta get along together
       A                    E                      G#          C#m  B
I'll help him plant his seeds and we'll mow the lawn in bad weather
        A              E           G#       C#m    B        A
It's actually pretty easy being nice to a bitter boy like him
            B*             E
So, I got myself a citrus friend


Bridge:
    E*                          G#*
But what if I run out of fertiliser
A*                            Am*
What if the clouds run out of rain
A*                        B*       E*
What if Lemon Boy won't grow no longer
G#*                              A*
What if the beaches dry of sugarcane
   Am*
Oh well

    E*
The whales start to beach themselves
    G#*                                  A*
The tortoise shells tear away from their spines
                   Am*                      E*
It happens all the time, it happens all the time

Instrumental Break:

G#* A* Am*

Pre-Chorus:
(Soft strumming)
A             E                G#       C#m  B
Lemon Boy and I, we're gonna live forever
(Build up strumming)
     A                  E                G#         C#m  B
Like Snufkin and Little My, we'll get around wherever


Chorus:
(Intense strumming)
A             E                G#      C#m B
Lemon Boy and I, we're gonna live forever
     A                  E               G#         C#m  B
Like Snufkin and Little My, we'll get around wherever
        A              E          G#        C#m    B        A
It's actually pretty easy being nice to a bitter boy like him


Outro:
                 B                   A
'Cause we're the bitterest boys in town
                  B              A
Yeah, we're the bitterest guys around
            B*             E*
And I got myself a citrus friend