Intro:
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Southern trees bear a strange fruit
AmAmDmEE7
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root
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Black bodies swingin' in the Southern breeze
FEAmAAm
Strange fruit hangin' from the poplar trees
AmAmDmEE7
Pastoral scene of the gallant South
AmAmDmEE7
The bulgin' eyes and the twisted mouth
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Scent of magnolias sweet and fresh
FEAmAAm
Then the sudden smell of burnin' flesh
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Here is a fruit for the crows to pluck
AmAmDmEE7
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
AmAmDmEE7
Southern trees bear a strange fruit
AmAmDmEE7
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 poplar trees
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