Strange Fruit Acordes

	  
 
 

Intro: 
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 Southern trees bear a strange fruit 
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 Blood on the leaves and blood at the root 
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 Black bodies swingin' in the Southern breeze 
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 Strange fruit hangin' from the populair trees 

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 Pastoral scene        of the gallant South 
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 The bulgin' eyes       and the twisted mouth 
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 Scent of magnolias sweet and fresh 
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 Then the sudden smell of burnin' flesh 

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 Here is a fruit for the crows to pluck 
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 For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck 
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 For the sun to    rot, for the tree to drop 
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 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