Lemon Boy chords by Cavetown

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Intermediate

E     G#     A     F#m    B     Am
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B|----------0----------4----------5----------2----------7----------5----------|
G|----------1----------5----------6----------2----------8----------5----------|
D|----------2----------6----------7----------4----------9----------7----------|
A|----------2----------6----------7----------4----------9----------7----------|
E|----------0----------4----------5----------2----------7----------5----------|


Verse:
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'll help 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:
  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 got 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


Bridge:
  E             G#
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#              A   Am
What if beaches dry of sugar cane? Oh well,
  E
The whales start to beach themselves
G#                  A
Tortoise shells tear away from their spines
  A        Am
It happens all the time
  F#m   B    E
It happens all the time


Instrumental:
E G# A Am F#m B


Outro:
A       E       G#  F#m B
Lemon Boy and I, we're gonna live forever
   A         E       G#   F#m B
Like Snufkin and Little My, we'll get around wherever
A       E       G#  F#m B
Lemon Boy and I, we're gonna live forever
   A         E       G#   F#m B
Like Snufkin and Little My, we'll get around wherever
   A        E     G#    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

Instrumental:
E A F#m B E A F#m B E

Solo:
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