{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2200831,"song":"Lemon Tree","artist":"Peter, Paul and Mary","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11467616-lemon-tree-chords-by-peter-paul-and-mary/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2200831?type=chord","rating":4.85111,"votes":131,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A7/C#[/ch]  [ch]Bm7[/ch]  [ch]A7[/ch]  [ch]Gmaj7[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]A7[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A7[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen I was just a lad of ten, my mother said to me,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A7/C#[/ch]  [ch]Bm[/ch]     [ch]D/A[/ch]      [ch]G6[/ch]     [ch]A7[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\"Come here and take a lesson from the lovely lemon tree.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\"Don't put your faith in love, my boy\", my father said to me,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D#[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Am7[/ch]    [ch]D7[/ch]    [ch]G7[/ch]\r\n\"I fear you'll find that love is like the lovely lemon tree.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nLemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G7[/ch]                [ch]G7[/ch]         [ch]G7[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nbut the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nLemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G7[/ch]                [ch]G7[/ch]         [ch]G7[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nbut the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]A7[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A7[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOne day beneath the lemon tree, my love and I did lie[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A7/C#[/ch]      [ch]Bm[/ch]       [ch]D/A[/ch]        [ch]G6[/ch]         [ch]A7[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA girl so sweet that when she smiled the stars rose in the sky.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWe passed that summer lost in love beneath the lemon tree[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D#[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am7[/ch]      [ch]D7[/ch]         [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nthe music of her laughter hid my father's words from me:[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nLemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G7[/ch]                [ch]G7[/ch]         [ch]G7[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nbut the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nLemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G7[/ch]                [ch]G7[/ch]         [ch]G7[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nbut the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A7[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A7[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOne day she left without a word. She took away the sun.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A7/C#[/ch]    [ch]Bm[/ch]     [ch]D/A[/ch]     [ch]G6[/ch]        [ch]A7[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd in the dark she left behind, I knew what she had done.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nShe'd left me for another, it's a common tale but true.[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D#[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am7[/ch]        [ch]D7[/ch]       [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nA sadder man but wiser now I sing these words to you:[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nLemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G7[/ch]                [ch]G7[/ch]         [ch]G7[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nbut the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nLemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G7[/ch]                [ch]G7[/ch]         [ch]G7[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nbut the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLemon tree (lemon tree)[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLemon tree (lemon tree)[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLemon tree (lemon tree)[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLemon tree (lemon tree)[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nD  A7/C#  Bm7  A7  Gmaj7  A  D  A  D\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["D","A7/C#","Bm7","A7","Gmaj7","A","Bm","D/A","G6","G","F","Em","D#","Am7","D7","G7","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"Am7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,0,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,1,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"Bm7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,2,0,3],"frets":[-1,2,0,2,0,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]},"Gmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,2]}}}