Strange Fruit
Strange Fruit
BH
Billie Holiday
ChordsTempo: 97*
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Cm*
Verse 1
Cm Ab7 G7b9
Southern trees bear a strange fruit
Cm Ab7 G7b9
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root
Fm Dm7b5 G7b9
Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze
Cm Ab7 G7b9
Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees
Verse 2
Cm Ab7 G7b9
Pastoral scene of the gallant south
Cm Ab7 G7b9
The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth
Fm Dm7b5 G7b9
Scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh
Cm Ab7 G7b9
Then the sudden smell of burning flesh
Verse 3
Cm Ab7 G7b9
Here is fruit for the crows to pluck
Cm Ab7 G7b9
For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck
Fm Dm7b5 G7b9
For the sun to rot, for the trees to drop
Cm Ab7 G7b9
Here is a strange and bitter crop
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