Biography:
The Seekers were a group of Australian folk-influenced pop musicians which was formed in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, in 1962. They were the first Australian popular music group to achieve significant chart and sales success in the United Kingdom and the United States.
Their 60s hits included: "I'll Never Find Another You", "A World of Our Own" , "The Carnival is Over" (which the Seekers sung at various closing ceremonies in Australia, including Expo '88 and the Paralympics)
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Other songs:
- A World Of Our Own
- All I Can Remember
- All Over The World
- Allentown Jail
- Calling Me Home
- Cant Make Up My Mind
- Children Go Where I Send Thee
- Colours Of My Life
- Come The Day
- Far Shore
- Forever Isnt Long Enough For Me
- Georgie Girl
- Georgy Girl
- I Am Australian
- I Am You Are We Are Australian
- Ill Never Find Another You
- Island Of Dreams
- It Doesnt Matter Anymore
- Lemon Tree
- Louisiana Man
- Love Is Kind Love Is Wine
- Morningtown Ride
- On The Other Side
- One World Love
- Open Up Them Pearly Gates
- Sinner Man
- Some Day One Day
- Sparrow Song
- Speak To The Sky
- The Bush Girl
- The Carnival Is Over
- The Last Thing On My Mind
- The Leaving Of Liverpool
- This Little Light Of Mine
- Walk With Me
- Waltzing Matilda
- When The Stars Begin To Fall
- When Will The Good Apples Fall
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Lemon Tree:The Searchers.
Album - Roving With The Seekers - 1964.
INTRO: E F#m Abm A E B E
#1.
E F#m G#m F#m E F#m G#m
When I was but a little boy, my father said to me,
E F#m G#m A E B E E7
come here and learn a lesson, from the lovely lemon tree.
A Bm C#m Bm A Bm C#m
My son, it's most impor..tant, my father said to me,
A Bm C#m D A E A
to put your trust in what you feel, and not in what you see.
CHORUS:
A D A
Lemon tree very pretty, and the lemon flower is sweet,
A7 D
But the fruit of the poor lemon is im..possible to eat.
D A
Lemon tree very pretty, and the lemon flower is sweet,
A7 D B
But the fruit of the poor lemon is im..possible to eat.
#2.
E F#m G#m F#m E F#m G#m
Beneath that lemon tree one day, my love and I did lie,
E F#m Ab A E B E E7
A girl so sweet that when she smiled, the sun rose in the sky.
A Bm C#m Bm A Bm C#m
We spent that summer lost in love, beneath that lemon tree..
A Bm C#m D A E A
the magic of her laughter hid my father's words from me.
CHORUS:
A D A
Lemon tree very pretty, and the lemon flower is sweet,
A7 D
But the fruit of the poor lemon is im..possible to eat.
D A
Lemon tree very pretty, and the lemon flower is sweet,
A7 D B
But the fruit of the poor lemon is im..possible to eat.
#3.
E F#m G#m F#m E F#m G#m
One day she left without a word..she took away the sun.
E F#m G#m A E B E
And in the dark she left behind, I knew what she had done.
A Bm C#m Bm A Bm C#m
She left me for an..other man, it's a common tale, but true.
A Bm C#m D A E A
A sadder man but wiser now, I sing these words to you.
CHORUS:
A D A
Lemon tree very pretty, and the lemon flower is sweet,
A7 D
But the fruit of the poor lemon is im..possible to eat.
D A
Lemon tree very pretty, and the lemon flower is sweet,
A7 D
But the fruit of the poor lemon is im..possible to eat.
OUTRO:
D
Lemon tree, very pretty..(x3)(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
Album - Roving With The Seekers - 1964.
INTRO: E F#m Abm A E B E
#1.
E F#m G#m F#m E F#m G#m
When I was but a little boy, my father said to me,
E F#m G#m A E B E E7
come here and learn a lesson, from the lovely lemon tree.
A Bm C#m Bm A Bm C#m
My son, it's most impor..tant, my father said to me,
A Bm C#m D A E A
to put your trust in what you feel, and not in what you see.
CHORUS:
A D A
Lemon tree very pretty, and the lemon flower is sweet,
A7 D
But the fruit of the poor lemon is im..possible to eat.
D A
Lemon tree very pretty, and the lemon flower is sweet,
A7 D B
But the fruit of the poor lemon is im..possible to eat.
#2.
E F#m G#m F#m E F#m G#m
Beneath that lemon tree one day, my love and I did lie,
E F#m Ab A E B E E7
A girl so sweet that when she smiled, the sun rose in the sky.
A Bm C#m Bm A Bm C#m
We spent that summer lost in love, beneath that lemon tree..
A Bm C#m D A E A
the magic of her laughter hid my father's words from me.
CHORUS:
A D A
Lemon tree very pretty, and the lemon flower is sweet,
A7 D
But the fruit of the poor lemon is im..possible to eat.
D A
Lemon tree very pretty, and the lemon flower is sweet,
A7 D B
But the fruit of the poor lemon is im..possible to eat.
#3.
E F#m G#m F#m E F#m G#m
One day she left without a word..she took away the sun.
E F#m G#m A E B E
And in the dark she left behind, I knew what she had done.
A Bm C#m Bm A Bm C#m
She left me for an..other man, it's a common tale, but true.
A Bm C#m D A E A
A sadder man but wiser now, I sing these words to you.
CHORUS:
A D A
Lemon tree very pretty, and the lemon flower is sweet,
A7 D
But the fruit of the poor lemon is im..possible to eat.
D A
Lemon tree very pretty, and the lemon flower is sweet,
A7 D
But the fruit of the poor lemon is im..possible to eat.
OUTRO:
D
Lemon tree, very pretty..(x3)(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
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