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cavetown – Lemon Boy Live At Hoxton Hall Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression

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This is the chords of Lemon Boy Live At Hoxton Hall by cavetown on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

[Verse 1]
D F#7
There once was a bittersweet man and they called him, “Lemon Boy”
G7 Em A7
He was growing in my garden and I pulled him out by his hair like a weed
D F#7
And like weeds do he only came and grew back again
G7 Em A7
So, I figured this time I might as well let him be

[Chorus]
G7 D F#7 Em A7
Lemon Boy and me started to get along together
G7 D F#7 Em A7
I helped him plant his seeds and we’d mow the lawn in bad weather
G7 D F#7 Em A7 G7
It’s actually pretty easy being nice to a bitter boy like him
A7
So I got myself a citrus friend

[Chords]
G7 D F#7 Em A7 x3
G7 A7
G7 D F#7 Em A7 x3
G7 A7
G7 D F#7 Em A7

[Verse 2]
D F#7
But soon his bittersweet started to rub off on me
G7 Em A7
You’d think smelling like lemon zest would be pretty neat
D F#7
I found out that my friends are more of the savoury type
G7 Em A7
And they weren’t too keen on compromising with a nice lemon pie

[Chorus]
G7 D F#7 Em A7
So Lemon Boy and me, we just gotta get along together
G7 D F#7 Em A7
I’ll help him plant his seeds and we’ll mow the lawn in bad weather
G7 D F#7 Em A7 G7
It’s actually pretty easy being nice to a bitter boy like him
A7 D
So, I got myself a citrus friend

[Bridge]
D F#
But what if I run out of fertilizer
G Gm
What if the clouds run out of rain
G D
What if Lemon Boy won’t grow no longer
F# G
What if the beaches dry of sugarcane
Gm
Oh well
D
The whales start to beach themselves
F# G
The tortoise shells tear away from their spines
Gm Em A7 D
It happens all the time, it happens all the time
F# G Gm Em A7

[Pre-Chorus]
G7 D F#7 Em A7
Lemon Boy and I, were gonna live forever
G7 D F#7 Em A7
Like Snufkin and Little My, we’ll get around wherever

[Chorus]
G7 D F#7 Em A7
Lemon Boy and I, were gonna live forever
G7 D F#7 Em A7
Like Snufkin and Little My, we’ll get around wherever
G7 D F#7 Em A7 G7
It’s actually pretty easy being nice to a bitter boy like him

[Outro]
A7 G7
‘Cause we’re the bitterest boys in town
A7 G7
Yeah, we’re the bitterest guys around
A7 D
And I got myself a citrus friend

How to play Lemon Boy Live At Hoxton Hall: key, chords and progression

To play Lemon Boy Live At Hoxton Hall by cavetown, think in D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯). It takes 8 chords: D, F#7, G7, Em, A7, F#, G and Gm.

The progression the song keeps returning to is A7 – G7 – D – F#7 (V7 – IV7 – I – III7 in D major). In solfa, that is soh – fah – doh – mi. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Good to know: F#7, F# and Gm are played as barre or movable shapes on guitar. Practise the change into them slowly; on piano and ukulele the same chords are easier.