G (320003@1)   D (xx0232@1)    G (320003@1)            G (320003@1)    D (xx0232@1)     GWhen (320003@1)I was just a lad of ten, my father said to me,
      G (320003@1)      D (xx0232@1)    C (x32010@1)                    D (xx0232@1)   G"Come (320003@1)here and take a lesson from the lovely lemon tree.
      C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)      F (133211@1)     C (x32010@1)             G (320003@1)     CDon't (x32010@1)put your faith in love my boy," my father said to me.
   C (x32010@1)         G (320003@1)       F (133211@1)     G (320003@1)      F (133211@1)    G (320003@1)   C"I (x32010@1)fear you'll find that love is like the lovely lemon tree."

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D7 (xx0212@1)  G (320003@1)   C (x32010@1)  G (320003@1)     C (x32010@1)     G (320003@1)   C (x32010@1)       DLemon (xx0232@1)tree, very pretty, and the lemon flower is sweet,
        D (xx0232@1)                          D (xx0232@1)         GBut (320003@1)the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat.
      G (320003@1)   C (x32010@1)  G (320003@1)     C (x32010@1)     G (320003@1)   C (x32010@1)       DLemon (xx0232@1)tree, very pretty, and the lemon flower is sweet,
        C (x32010@1)   D (xx0232@1)                    C (x32010@1)  D7 (xx0212@1)   GBut (320003@1)the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat.

    G (320003@1)   D (xx0232@1)       G (320003@1)           G (320003@1)      D (xx0232@1)   GOne (320003@1)day beneath the lemon tree my love and I did lie.
  G (320003@1)     D (xx0232@1)        C (x32010@1)      D (xx0232@1)        C (x32010@1)        D (xx0232@1)    GA (320003@1)girl so sweet that when she smiled the stars rose in the sky.
   C (x32010@1)         G (320003@1)    F (133211@1)     C (x32010@1)    C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1)   CWe (x32010@1)passed that summer lost in love beneath the lemon tree.
    C (x32010@1)   G (320003@1)    F (133211@1)      G (320003@1)    F (133211@1)      G (320003@1)        CThe (x32010@1)music of her laughter hid my father's words from me.



    G (320003@1)     D (xx0232@1)      G (320003@1)             G (320003@1)   D (xx0232@1)     GOne (320003@1)day she left without a word, she took away the sun.
    G (320003@1)    D (xx0232@1)      C (x32010@1)    D (xx0232@1)     C (x32010@1)       D (xx0232@1)     GAnd (320003@1)in the dark she left behind, I knew what she had done.
    C (x32010@1)     G (320003@1)  C (x32010@1)            C (x32010@1)    G (320003@1)      CShe (x32010@1)left me for another, it's a common tale but true.
  C (x32010@1)    G (320003@1)     F (133211@1)   G (320003@1)    F (133211@1)        G (320003@1)      CA (x32010@1)sadder man but wiser now, I sing these words to you.