Strange Fruit
Ton : BEnglish
Bm Southern treesA G
Bearing strangeF# fruit
Bm Blood on the leavesA G
And blood at the rF#oot
E Black bodies swinging in the southern breezBme A
SGtrange fruit hanging fF#rom the poplaBmr trees A G F#
E Pastoral scene oBmf the gallow soAuth G F#
E And the bulging eyes Eand the twisted mouth
Bm The scent oAf magnolia sGweet and freF#sh
E Then the sudden smell oBmf A GburnF#ing flesh Bm A G F#
Bm Here is a fruit A foGr the crows to pluF#ck
E For the rain to gather
E For the wind to suck
E For the sun to rot
E For the trees Bm A Gto dF#rop
Bm Here is a stranAge aGnd bitter cF#rop Bm