LEMON TREE

LEVEL 4E · 130 BPM · Peter, Paul & Mary

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TAKE IT OFF THE SCREEN

Print the sheet for the piano stand, or load the MIDI into any app and practise at your own tempo.

HOW TO PLAY

1Put your right thumb on middle C. Most beginner songs stay under five fingers — you never move your hand.
2Set the speed down and turn CLICK on. Press each key exactly when the note reaches the line.
3Loop the bar that keeps breaking until it feels easy, then add the left hand and take the speed back up.

LYRICS

When (E)I was (B7)just a (E)lad of ten my fa ther (B7)said to (E)me,

“Come here and (B7)take a (C#m)les son (E)from the (A6)love ly (B7)lem on (E)tree.

Don’t (A)put your (G)faith in (A)love my boy!” my (A)fa ther (G)said to (F#m)me.

“I (F)fear you’ll find that (A)love is like the (Bm7)love ly (E7)lem on (A7)tree.” Lem on (D)tree ver y pret ty and the lem on flow er is (A7)sweet, but the fruit of the poor lem on is im pos si ble to (D)eat.

Lem on tree ver y pret ty and the lem on flow er is (A7)sweet, but the fruit of the poor lem on is im pos si ble to (D)eat.

One (E)day be (B7)neath the (E)lem on tree my love and (B7)I did (E)lie,

a girl so (B7)sweet that (C#m)when she (E)smiled the (A6)stars rose (B7)in the (E)sky.

We (A)passed that (G)sum mer (A)lost in love be (A)neath the (G)lem on (F#m)tree;

the (F)mu sic of her (A)laugh ter hid my (Bm7)fa ther’s (E7)words from (A7)me: Lem on (D)tree ver y pret ty and the lem on flow er is (A7)sweet, but the fruit of the poor lem on is im pos si ble to (D)eat.