Strange Fruit Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Bm Southern treesA G

  Bearing strangF♯e fruit

Bm Blood on the leavesA G

  And blood at the F♯root

Em Black bodies swinging in the southern breeBmze A

  GStrange fruit hangingF♯ from the poBmplar trees A G F♯

Em Pastoral scene Bmof the gallow Asouth G F♯

Em And the bulging eyesE and the twisted mouth

Bm The scent Aof magnoliaG sweet and F♯fresh

Em Then the sudden smell Bmof A G F♯burning flesh Bm A G F♯

Bm Here is a fruitA Gfor the crows to F♯pluck

Em For the rain to gather

Em For the wind to suck

Em For the sun to rot

Em For the trees Bm A G F♯to drop

Bm Here is a straAnge G and bitteF♯r crop Bm