Lemon Boy Chords

by cavetown
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Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: E
Capo: no capo
Author dylan_p [a] 79.
8 contributors total, last edit on Dec 30, 2021
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Chords

E
G#
A
F#m
B
G#7
Am

Strumming

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Original video this was tabbed from is now unavailable, refer to
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5W2y3eZ8dQ at 34:31 instead
and do not try to correct based on another version.
 
 
[Intro]
E
 
[Verse 1]
E                                                     G#
There once was a bitter-sweet man and they called him Lemon Boy
        A                                               F#m          B
He was growing in my garden and I pulled him out by his hair, like a weed
    E                                   G#
And like weeds do he only came and grew back again
     A                                         F#m    B
So I figured this time I might as well let him be
 
[Chorus]
A             E                  G#      F#m    B
Lemon Boy and me started to get along together
A                       E                     G#            F#m  B
I helped him plant his seeds and we'd mow the lawn in bad weather
A                    E           G#        F#m    B        A
It's actually pretty easy being nice to a bitter boy like him
         B                E
So I got myself a citrus friend
 
[Verse 2]
E                                        G#
But soon his bitter-sweet started to rub off on me
            A                              F#m       B
You'd think smelling like lemon zest would be pretty neat
  E                                          G#
I found out that my friends were more of the savory type
   A                                               F#m        B
And they weren't too keen with compromising with a nice lemon pie
 
[Chorus]
   A             E                      G#      F#m  B
So Lemon Boy and me, we just gotta get along together
A                       E                     G#            F#m  B
I helped him plant his seeds and we mowed the lawn in bad weather
A                    E           G#        F#m    B        A
It's actually pretty easy being nice to a bitter boy like him
         B                E
So I got myself a citrus friend
 
[Bridge]
E                             G#7
But what if I run out of fertilizer?
A                            Am
What if the clouds run out of rain?
A                                     E
What if Lemon Boy won't grow no longer?
G#7                          A         Am
What if beaches dry of sugar cane? Oh-oh well,
E
Whales start to beach themselves
G#7                                A
Tortoise shells tear away from their spines
                    Am
It happens all the time
    F#m    B         E
It happens all the time
 
|(E)   | E    | G#7  | G#7  | A    | A    | Am   | F#m B  |
 
   A             E              G#7   F#m  B
So Lemon Boy and I, we're gonna live forever
      A                 E              G#7   F#m  B
Like Snufkin and Little My, we'll get around wherever
A             E               G#7 F#m B
Lemon Boy and I, we're gonna live forever
     A                  E              G#7     F#m  B
Like Snufkin and Little My, we'll get around wherever
     A                E          G#7       F#m    B        A
It's actually pretty easy being nice to a bitter boy like him
                B                 A
Cause we're the bitterest boys in town 
                B               A
Yeah, we're the bitterest guys around
               B              E
and I've got myself a citrus friend
 
[Outro]
|(E)   | E    | G#7  | G#7  | A    | A    | Am   | F#m B  | x2, E
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