Strange Fruit chords by Billie Holiday |
No Easy Version
| Intro: |
| | Am F/A | F#m7b5 | Bm7b5 | E7 | |
| | Am F/A | F#m7b5 Am7 | Dm7b5 | E | |
| | Am | |
| Am E7 |
| Southern trees bear |
| F E7 Am |
| A strange fruit |
| E7 F#m7b5 |
| Blood on the leaves and blood |
| F E7 Dm |
| At the root |
| Bm7b5 |
| Black bodies swinging in |
| Am G#aug |
| The Southern breeze |
| Am/G F |
| Strange fruit hanging from |
| Em Dm C |
| The poplar trees |
| Intro: |
| | Am F/A | F#m7b5 Am7 | Dm7b5 | E | |
| | Am | |
| Am E7 |
| Pastoral scene |
| Am G#aug |
| Of the gallant South |
| Am/G F#m7b5 |
| The bulging eyes and the |
| F E |
| Twisted mouth |
| Am E7 Am D |
| Scent of magnolias sweet and fresh |
| C B7 |
| Then the sudden smell of |
| F E7 Am |
| Burning flesh |
| Bridge: |
| Am Am Am Am x4 |
| E7 F |
| Here is a fruit for the crows |
| E7 |
| To pluck |
| Dm Bm7b5 |
| For the rain to gather |
| Am G#aug |
| For the wind to suck |
| Am/G |
| For the sun to rot |
| E7 Ebdim Dm7b5 E7 |
| For the tree to drop |
| Am E7 F E7 |
| Here is a strange and bitter |
| F#m7b5 Am |
| Crop |
| Ending: |
| Am Am Am Am x4 |
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