Strange Fruit chords

Annie Lennox

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Capo: 3st fret

  			
 
 

Intro: 
Am C Em F G F E 

Am               Am/C    Dm7 E    E7 
 Southern trees bear a strange fruit 
Am                  Am/C   Dm7      E   E7 
 Blood on the leaves and blood at the root 
Dm7/A           F      F/E  F  F7    E 
 Black bodies swingin' in the Southern breeze 
F          E             Am      Asus2     Am/E 
 Strange fruit hangin' from the populair trees 

Am             Am/C Dm7                E E7 
 Pastoral scene        of the gallant South 
Am              Am/C Dm7             E   E7 
 The bulgin' eyes       and the twisted mouth 
Dm7/A         F F/E   F7        E 
 Scent of magnolias sweet and fresh 
F          E          Am   Asus2    Am/E 
 Then the sudden smell of burnin' flesh 

Am C Em F G F E 

Am                Am/C     Dm7      E E7 
 Here is a fruit for the crows to pluck 
Am                        Am/C    Dm7     E E7 
 For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck 
Dm7/A         Dm7/E F             F7      E 
 For the sun to    rot, for the tree to drop 
F     E          Am     Asus2   Am/E 
 Here is a strange and bitter crop 

Am               Am/C    Dm7 E    E7 
 Southern trees bear a strange fruit 
Am                  Am/C   Dm7      E   E7 
 Blood on the leaves and blood at the root 
Dm7/A     Dm7/Eb Dm7/E F      F/E     F7    E 
 Black bodies        swingin' in the Southern breeze 
F               E        Am      Asus2     Am/E 
 Strange fruit hangin' from the populair trees