Bobby Bare - Lemon tree

^CWhen I was ^G7just a lad of ^Cten my father ^G7said to ^Cme Come here and ^G7take a ^Clesson from the ^G7lovely lemon ^Ctree

Don't ^Fput your ^Cfaith in ^Flove my boy my father ^Csaid to ^Fme I fear you'll ^Cfind that ^Flove is like the lovely ^Clemon ^Ftree

Lemon ^Ctree very pretty and the lemon flower is ^G7sweet But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to ^Ceat

Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is ^G7sweet But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to ^Ceat

One day ^G7beneath the ^Clemon tree my love and ^G7I did ^Clie A girl so sweet ^G7that when she ^Csmiled the stars rose ^G7in the ^Csky

We ^Fpassed that ^Csummer ^Flost in love beneath the ^Clemon ^Ftree The music of ^Cher laugh^Fter hid my father's ^Cwords from ^Fme

Lemon ^Ctree very pretty and the lemon flower is ^G7sweet But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to ^Ceat

Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is ^G7sweet But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to ^Ceat