Lemon Boy Tab uke di Cavetown

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There once was a bittersweet man 
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and they called him, "Lemon Boy"
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He was growing in my garden                 
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and I pulled him out by his hair like a weed
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And like weeds do he only came and grew back again
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 So I figured this time   
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I might as well let him be


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Lemon Boy and me started to get along 
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together
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I'll help him plant his seeds
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and we'd mow the lawn in bad weather
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It's actually pretty easy being nice 
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to a bitter boy like him
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So I got myself a citrus friend


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But soon his bittersweet started to rub off on me
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You'd think smelling like lemon zest 
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would be pretty neat
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But I found out that my friends                 
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were more the savoury type  
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And they weren't too keen on compromising     
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with a nice lemon pie    

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So Lemon Boy and me, we just gotta get along 
  Dm  C
together
     Bb                  F  
I helped him plant his seeds 
                    A          Dm C
and we'd mow the lawn in bad weather
     Bb               F          A  
It's actually pretty easy being nice 
      Dm    C        Bb
to a bitter boy like him
           C             F
So I got myself a citrus friend  

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But what if I run out of fertilizer
Bb                             Bbm
What if the clouds run out of rain
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What if Lemon Boy won't grow no longer
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What if beaches dry of sugar cane
   Bbm
Oh well
    F
The whales start to beach themselves
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Tortoise shells tear away from their spines
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It happens all the time, 
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it happens all the time

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Lemon Boy and me, we are gonna live forever
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Like Snufkin and Little My,
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we'll get around wherever
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It's actually pretty easy being nice 
      Dm     C        Bb
to a bitter boy like him
                 C                 Bb
Cause we're the bitterest boys in town
               C               Bb
Yeah we're the bitterest guys around
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and I've got myself a citrus friend