{"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":790100,"song":"Lemon Tree","artist":"The Kingston Trio","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11592601-lemon-tree-chords-by-the-kingston-trio/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/790100?type=chord","rating":4.60796,"votes":35,"content":"[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen I was just a lad of ten, my father said to me,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"Come here and take a lesson from the lovely lemon tree.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDon't put your faith in love my boy,\" my father said to me.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"I fear you'll find that love is like the lovely lemon tree.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n<chorus>:\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLemon tree, very pretty, and the lemon flower is sweet,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLemon tree, very pretty, and the lemon flower is sweet,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D7[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOne day beneath the lemon tree my love and I did lie.[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA girl so sweet that when she smiled the stars rose in the sky.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe passed that summer lost in love beneath the lemon tree.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe music of her laughter hid my father's words from me.[/tab]\r\n\r\n<chorus>\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOne day she left without a word, she took away the sun.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd in the dark she left behind, I knew what she had done.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe left me for another, it's a common tale but true.[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA sadder man but wiser now, I sing these words to you.[/tab]\r\n\r\n<chorus>","plain_text":":","chords":["G","D","C","F","D7","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"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]},"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]}}}