The Laughing Apple Chords
by Cat Stevens
The Laughing Apple by Cat Stevens is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, Bb, D, G, F, Em and Em7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro
C Bb D G C F G C D
Slowly let me tell you a story of a tree, an apple tree
Interlude
Em D Em Em7 D Em7 Em D Em Em7 D Em7
verse 1
Em D Em D Em D Em D
Once in a summertime garden lived a little apple tree
G D C D
And the man who owned it wanted it to be picked
G D Em D
And so he sent forth to hire me
Em D
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
Em D Em
verse 2
Em D Em D
Well, all the apples were hiding
Em D Em D
Frightened that they might be plucked
G C G D
And every time that somebody passed
G D Em D
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
Em D Em