How to Play Lemon Tree on Ukulele?

Peter, Paul and Mary - Lemon Tree can be played in the key of C using the C, G7, C7, F chords. For C, To play C, press fret 3 on the A string with finger 2, leave G, C, E open. For G7, To play G7, press fret 2 on the C string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 3, leave G open. For C7, To play C7, press fret 1 on the A string with finger 2, leave G, C, E open. For F, To play F, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the E string with finger 2, leave C, A open. Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat. You can play Lemon Tree with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.

Peter, Paul and Mary - Lemon Tree Ukulele Chords

Chord reference C, G7, C7, F

Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑

When [C]I was [G7]just a [C]lad of 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 [C7]faith in [F]love, my boy,” my father [C7]said to [F]me, “I fear you’ll [C7]find that [F]love is like the lovely [C7]lemon [F]tree.”

Lemon [C]tree, very pretty, and the lemon flower is [G7]sweet, But the fruit of the lemon is impossible to [C]eat. Lemon [C]tree, very pretty, and the lemon flower is [G7]sweet, But the fruit of the lemon is impossible to [C]eat.

One [C]day be[G7]neath the [C]lemon tree, my love and [G7]I did [C]lie, A girl so [G7]sweet that [C]when she smiled, the stars rose [G7]in the [C]sky. We [F]passed that [C7]summer [F]lost in love, beneath the [C7]lemon [F]tree, The music [C7]of her [F]laughter hid my father’s [C7]words from [F]me.

One [C]day she [G7]left with[C]out a word, she took a[G7]way the [C]sun. And in the [G7]dark she [C]left behind, I knew what [G7]she had [C]done. She [F]left me [C7]for a[F]nother, it’s a common [C7]tale but [F]true, A sadder [C7]man, but [F]wiser now, I sing these [C7]words to [F]you.

Artist Peter, Paul and Mary

Album Peter, Paul and Mary

Genres Folk, Pop

Year 1962

Key C

Peter, Paul and Mary - Lemon Tree can be played in the key of C using the C, G7, C7, F chords.

For C, To play C, press fret 3 on the A string with finger 2, leave G, C, E open.
For G7, To play G7, press fret 2 on the C string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 3, leave G open.
For C7, To play C7, press fret 1 on the A string with finger 2, leave G, C, E open.
For F, To play F, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the E string with finger 2, leave C, A open.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play Lemon Tree with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.