[Am6] [Bm7-5] [E7]
[Am6] [Bm7-5] [E7-5]
Verse 1
[Am6] [F7] [E7-9]
Southern trees bear a stra-ange fru-it
[Am6] [Am9] [F7] [E7-9]
Blood on the leaves and blood at the roo-oot
[Dm7] [Dm6] [Dm7] [E]
Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze
[Am] [Dm6/A] [Am] [Dm] [Am]
Strange fruit hanging from the pop lar trees
[Am6] [Bm7-5] [E7]
[Am6] [Bm7-5] [E7-9]
Bridge
[Am] [Dm] [Dm6] [Am]
Pastoral scene of the gallant sou-outh
[Am9] [F9-5] [Dm7] [E7]
The bulging eyes and the twisted mou-outh
[Am] [G] [F9] [E9]
Scent of mag-nolias, swee-eet and fre-esh
[Am] [Dm7] [F9] [E]
Then the sudden smell of burning flesh
Verse 2
[Am] [F13] [E7]
Here is a fruit for the crows to pluck
[Dm7] [Dm6] [F] [E]
For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck
[Am] [Am/G#] [Am/G] [F9] [E7-9]
For the sun to rot, for the tree to dro o-op
[Am] [Am/G#] [Am/G] [F9] [E7-9] [Am] [Am(maj7)]
Here is a stra -ange and bitter cro -o-o-o -op
