Lemon Tree Chords & Lyrics - Bobby Bare

[C]When I was [G7]just a lad of [C]ten my father [G7]said to [C]me

Come here and [G7]take a [C]lesson from the [G7]lovely lemon [C]tree

Don't [F]put your [C]faith in [F]love my boy my father [C]said to [F]me

I fear you'll [C]find that [F]love is like the lovely [C]lemon [F]tree

Lemon [C]tree very pretty and the lemon flower is [G7]sweet

But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to [C]eat

Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is [G7]sweet

But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to [C]eat

One day [G7]beneath the [C]lemon tree my love and [G7]I did [C]lie

A girl so sweet [G7]that when she [C]smiled the stars rose [G7]in the [C]sky

We [F]passed that [C]summer [F]lost in love beneath the [C]lemon [F]tree

The music of [C]her laugh[F]ter hid my father's [C]words from [F]me

Lemon [C]tree very pretty and the lemon flower is [G7]sweet

But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to [C]eat

Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is [G7]sweet

But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to [C]eat