Strange Fruit Chords
by Nina Simone
Strange Fruit by Nina Simone is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Bm. It uses the chords Bm and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
(Bm Em)
Southern trees
Bear strange fruit
Blood on the leaves
And blood at the roots
Black bodies
Swinging in the southern breeze
Strange fruit hangin'
From the poplar trees
Pastoral scene
Of the gallant south
Them big bulging eyes
And the twisted mouth
Scent of magnolia
Clean and fresh
Then the sudden smell
Of burnin' flesh
Here is a fruit
For the crows to pluck
For the rain to gather
For the wind to suck
For the sun to rot
For the leaves to drop
Here is
Strange and bitter crop