Intro:
AmCEmFGFEAmAm/CDm7EE7
Southern trees bear a strange fruit
AmAm/CDm7EE7
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root
Dm7/AFF/EFF7E
Black bodies swingin' in the Southern breeze
FEAmAsus2Am/E
Strange fruit hangin' from the poplar trees
AmAm/CDm7EE7
Pastoral scene of the gallant South
AmAm/CDm7EE7
The bulgin' eyes and the twisted mouth
Dm7/AFF/EF7E
Scent of magnolias sweet and fresh
FEAmAsus2Am/E
Then the sudden smell of burnin' flesh
AmCEmFGFEAmAm/CDm7EE7
Here is a fruit for the crows to pluck
AmAm/CDm7EE7
For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck
Dm7/ADm7/EFF7E
For the sun to rot, for the tree to drop
FEAmAsus2Am/E
Here is a strange and bitter crop
AmAm/CDm7EE7
Southern trees bear a strange fruit
AmAm/CDm7EE7
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root
Dm7/ADm7/D#Dm7/EFF/EF7E
Black bodies swingin' in the Southern breeze
FEAmAsus2Am/E
Strange fruit hangin' from the poplar trees
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.