Written by Cat Stevens
Intro
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Slowly let me tell you a story of a tree, an apple tree
Interlude
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verse 1
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Once in a summertime garden lived a little apple tree
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And the man who owned it wanted it to be picked
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And so he sent forth to hire me
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Well, I've traveled the mountains
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And I've traveled the sea
G D C
But a never in my traveling days
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Have I ever seen a little apple smile at me
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G D
Laugh, oh laugh a little apple
G C
Autumn is waiting, you'd better be careful
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For it will bring you down if it ever sees you wearing a frown
G D
So laugh, oh laugh a little apple 
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verse 2
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Well, all the apples were hiding
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Frightened that they might be plucked
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And every time that somebody passed
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All except that one little apple ducked
Pre-Chorus
Em D Em D
Well, I've traveled the mountains
Em D Em D
And I've traveled the sea
G D C
But a never in my traveling days
D G D Em D
Have I ever seen a little apple smile at me
Em D Em
G D
Laugh, oh laugh a little apple
G C
Autumn is waiting, you'd better be careful
G D Em D
For it will bring you down if it ever sees you wearing a frown
G D
So laugh, oh laugh a little apple
G D
Laugh, oh laugh a little apple
G C
Autumn is waiting, you'd better be careful
G D Em D
For it will bring you down if it ever sees you wearing a frown
G D
So laugh, oh laugh a little apple
Outro
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