Tono: A
Am
G/B
E7
Am
Em7
Am
G/B
E7
Am
Em7
Am
Am
Em7
Am
A9
Am
E7
Southern trees bear a strange fruit
Am
Em7
Am
A9
Am
E7
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root
Bm7(b5)
E7
Fº
E7
Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze
Am
Em7
A4
A9
Am
Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees.
Am
G/B
E7
Am
Em7
Am
Am
Em7
Am
A9
Am
E7
Pastoral scene of the gallant south
Am
Em7
Fº
E7
The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth;
Am
Em7
Bm7(b5)
Em7
A9
Am
E7
Smell of magnolia, sweet and fresh,
E7
Bm7(b5)
Fº
E7
Then the sudden smell of burning flesh.
Am
Am7M
Dm
Dm7
E7
Here is the fruit for the crows to pluck,
Am
E7
Gº
F
E7
For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck,
Em7(b5)
A
A7M
Gº
Fº
E7
For the sun to rot, for the tree to drop,
Am
A9
Am
E7
Bm7(b5)
Em7(b5)
E7
Am
Here is a strange and bitter crop.