Lemon Tree chords by The Seekers

Chords with lyrics

Album - Roving With The Seekers - 1964.

INTRO: E MajorE F# minorF#m AbmAbm A augmentedA E MajorE BB E MajorE

#1.
   E MajorE   F# minorF#m  G# minorG#m  F# minorF#m   E MajorE   F# minorF#m   G# minorG#m
When I was but a little boy, my father said to me,
   E MajorE    F# minorF#m   G# minorG#m   A augmentedA    E MajorE   BB   E MajorE E7E7
come here and learn a lesson, from the lovely lemon tree.
  A augmentedA     B minorBm  C# minorC#m  B minorBm  A augmentedA     B minorBm   C# minorC#m
My son, it's most impor..tant, my father said to me,
  A augmentedA    B minorBm    C# minorC#m   D MajorD     A augmentedA   E MajorE    A augmentedA
to put your trust in what you feel, and not in what you see.

CHORUS:
A augmentedA   D MajorD                     A augmentedA
Lemon tree very pretty, and the lemon flower is sweet,
                    A7A7     D MajorD
But the fruit of the poor lemon is im..possible to eat.
D MajorD                        A augmentedA
Lemon tree very pretty, and the lemon flower is sweet,
                    A7A7     D MajorD  BB
But the fruit of the poor lemon is im..possible to eat.

#2.
E MajorE      F# minorF#m  G# minorG#m   F# minorF#m   E MajorE    F# minorF#m  G# minorG#m
Beneath that lemon tree one day, my love and I did lie,
 E MajorE    F# minorF#m    AbAb    A augmentedA      E MajorE    BB   E MajorE E7E7
A augmentedA girl so sweet that when she smiled, the sun rose in the sky.
  A augmentedA     B minorBm   C# minorC#m   B minorBm  A augmentedA      B minorBm  C# minorC#m
We spent that summer lost in love, beneath that lemon tree..
  A augmentedA   B minorBm   C# minorC#m   D MajorD   A augmentedA    E MajorE     A augmentedA
the magic of her laughter hid my father's words from me.

CHORUS:
A augmentedA   D MajorD                     A augmentedA
Lemon tree very pretty, and the lemon flower is sweet,
                    A7A7     D MajorD
But the fruit of the poor lemon is im..possible to eat.
D MajorD                        A augmentedA
Lemon tree very pretty, and the lemon flower is sweet,
                    A7A7     D MajorD  BB
But the fruit of the poor lemon is im..possible to eat.

#3.
  E MajorE    F# minorF#m   G# minorG#m  F# minorF#m    E MajorE   F# minorF#m   G# minorG#m
One day she left without a word..she took away the sun.
  E MajorE   F# minorF#m   G# minorG#m  A augmentedA    E MajorE     BB    E MajorE
And in the dark she left behind, I knew what she had done.
  A augmentedA    B minorBm   C# minorC#m  B minorBm     A augmentedA   B minorBm    C# minorC#m
She left me for an..other man, it's a common tale, but true.
 A augmentedA   B minorBm   C# minorC#m  D MajorD   A augmentedA     E MajorE    A augmentedA
A majorA sadder man but wiser now, I sing these words to you.

CHORUS:
A augmentedA   D MajorD                     A augmentedA
Lemon tree very pretty, and the lemon flower is sweet,
                    A7A7     D MajorD
But the fruit of the poor lemon is im..possible to eat.
D MajorD                        A augmentedA
Lemon tree very pretty, and the lemon flower is sweet,
                    A7A7     D MajorD
But the fruit of the poor lemon is im..possible to eat.

OUTRO:
D MajorD
Lemon tree, very pretty..(x3)(Fade.)


A augmentedA sixties smash from Kraziekhat.