Strange Fruit
Key: BEnglish
Verse
BmSouthern trees A G
Bearing strange F#fruit
BmBlood on the leaves A G
And blood at the F#root
EBlack bodies swinging in the southern Bmbreeze A
GStrange fruit hanging F#from the Bmpoplar trees
A G F#
Verse
EPastoral scene Bmof the gallow Asouth G F#
EAnd the bulging eyes Eand the twisted mouth
BmThe scent Aof magnolia Gsweet and F#fresh
EThen the sudden smell Bmof A GburnF#ing flesh
Bm A G F#
Verse
BmHere is a fruit A Gfor the crows to F#pluck
EFor the rain to gather
EFor the wind to suck
EFor the sun to rot
EFor the trees Bm A Gto F#drop
BmHere is a Astrange Gand bitter F#crop Bm